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On the conclusion of the war, Reggie transferred to the [[Indian Army]] in which his other brother had been serving. He joined the 1st Battalion, [[88th Carnatic Infantry]] with which he went to Iraq during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Mandate_of_Mesopotamia British Mesopotamian mandate 1920-22] where his battalion was brought in to quell a combined Shia and Sunni inspired insurrection (shades of Iraq in 2003). There followed a period on operations in [[Waziristan]] with 2nd Battalion, [[90th Punjab Regiment|90th Punjabis]], after which in 1922 he became adjutant when the 90th was renamed 2nd Battalion, [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th_Punjab_Regiment 8th Punjab Regiment] and moved to [[Bannu]].
In 1931 Reggie was seconded to the [http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armyunits/burma/bmp.htm Burma Military Police] in [[Rangoon]] where he helped in the quelling of the rebellions at [[Tharrawaddy ]] and [[Prome]]. He was then sent north to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shan_State Shan States] based at Loimwe where he had to deal with banditry, mostly from across the Chinese border. He was awarded the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen's_Police_Medal#King.27s_Police_Medal King’s Police Medal] for three operations which he led against armed bandits in 1934. [http://books.google.com/books?id=hrpS_YQ9FoAC&lpg=PP1&dq=On%20Kentish%20Chalk&pg=PA91#v=onepage&q&f=true Read the citation].
'''[[Operations in Waziristan]]'''<br />
