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8 Aug 2021: India Medal, 1896 (Pathan Rising). By 1895 it was beginning to be considered that the 23 bars issued to the India General Service Medal implied a need for its replacement, and ... D. Patch of the 9th Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private S. Wilson, of the 1st East Lancashire Regiment, although this unit was not part of either of the Chitral relief expeditions. ... It has been renamed. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The award of the medal is not dated, but as Commonwealth was stricken in 1921, the medal must date from before then. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point between then and 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 1890. This medal was awarded to Pvt. A. Warrington, of the 1st Battalion, Welch Rifles, for participation in one of these skirmishes, the Battle of Gemaizah. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This bar was awarded for participation in that campaign, and is here affixed to the medal of Drummer G. ... Mick, of the 1st Battalion, 10th Foot. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars of the medal however relate to a later campaign, against Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad ibn al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah and his allies, who after the proclamation of Muhammad Ahmad as ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded until 1993, when the Military Cross was extended to those of less than officer rank. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: was recognised by Sultan Abdul Mejid I with the issue of a medal for all the troops of all nations involved, struck to a slightly different design for each country. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Surgeon Captain W. Hall-Owen, of the Medical Staff Corps of the Victoria Militia. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars of the medal however relate to a later campaign, against Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad ibn al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah and his allies, who after the proclamation of Muhammad Ahmad as ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to 1st Driver Kamalapoory Southuyaroo of the Bullock Half Troop, Wellington. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: When the first issue was made under King George V, in 1911, Richard Garbe designed a new obverse but the medal was otherwise unaltered. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal is correspondingly rare. Among its few recipients was Bombardier Patrick Cashman of what was by 1859 the 3rd Battalion, European Artillery. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private M. Sullivan of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: issue. This medal was awarded to Air Mechanic 3rd Class S. Prince of the Royal Air Force. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was awarded until 1993, when the Military Cross was extended to those of less than officer rank. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 1848. The intentions of the medal committee are hard to divine, as the medal was struck carrying the dates 1793-1814' in the reverse, but the earliest campaign considered was that ... Lester Watson acquired the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The British forces suffered only a few men wounded. Among those unhurt was a Midshipman Roger Keyes, serving aboard HMS Turquoise, with whom another Watson Collection recipient earned a medal in ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: The earliest issues of the medal indicate that the War was not expected to last as long as it did, as they bear the dates 1899-1900 in the reverse field. ... Lester Watson acquired this medal at some point before 1928.