11cm (4.4in) x 17cm (6.7in) x 9.5cm (3.7in)
Silver plate. Twin handled loving cup of plain form, engraved with the regimental badge and inscribed to the front ‘Presented to the Officers of the 87th Punjabis / By / Capt B.M. Carroll / On promotion’.
Lt-Col Brian Maurice Carroll, CIE, IA (1881-1923) was born in India and educated at Mill Hill School, Middlesex. Commissioned into the Manchester Regiment, he served in South Africa during the Boer War, July 1901 to May 1902. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Essex Regiment in January 1903 and transferred to the Indian Army in April 1904 as a Company Officer in the 87th Punjabis. An all-round sportsman, he played first class cricket, representing Europeans (India) in the period 1903-1906.
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During the Great War he served in the arduous Mahsud Campaign the North West Frontier, 1917, and in Mesopotamia, 1917-18. In 1919-20 he saw further active service in the suppression of the was Kurdish Rebellion, being promoted to Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel in November 1919 ‘for distinguished service in South and Central Kurdistan’ (London Gazette 10.2.1920). He was mentioned in despatches for ‘valuable services rendered during the military operations in Central Kurdistan’ (LG 12.12.1920), and was appointed Companion of the Indian Empire (CIE) the following year (LG 9.9.1921) ‘For services during the operations in Mesopotamia.’ Carroll was appointed to the command of the 28th Punjabis in September 1921 for service in Waziristan at Haidari Kach and briefly commanded the 2/21st Punjabis in 1921-22. He was Mentioned in Despatches a second time for services in Mesopotamia (LG 9.9.1921). He died of pneumonia in August 1923, while serving as second-in-command of the 2nd Punjabis at Multan.