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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: 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: Military Medal, 1916-1928 (Great War). The Military Medal was instituted in 1916 to reward acts of bravery by NCOs and men in the Army (and at that point the Royal ... 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: This unit were involved in covering the retreat of the forces engaged at Mons, and Private Campbell may very well therefore have reckoned his medal a Mons Star rather than a ... Lester Watson acquired the medal 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: After this a British Resident was installed. This bar was awarded for participation in the 1888 campaign, and is here affixed to the medal of Private E. ... Adler, of the 2nd Battalion, Derby Regiment. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Bugler Shaick Khoola Bux of the 44th Native Infantry, a Gurkha unit. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal 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 this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This bar was awarded to the troops involved. This medal is inscribed to Private J. ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, and this medal awarded to those involved. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 1900, were considered to merit this medal, which in terms of design is a continuation of the Ashantee War Medal. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: One such must have received this medal, but as it is unnamed, we do not know who he was. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: His unit were deeply involved in all the campaigns for which the medal was awarded, and only further research would reveal in which of the wars' engagements he saw service. ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Despite the issue of the First China War Medal for the previous conflict of 1839-1842, when the medal for the 1857-1860 campaign was issued in 1861 a small number ... This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson acquired

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Henry J. Wallace of the 98th Foot. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: After some international indecision this was suppressed by British arms, the final blow being delivered at the Battle of Tel-al-Kebir, where a British force of 17,000 men under ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It would seem that Wilkinson decided that, as the medal had come from the King, his ship should be identified thereon as a ship of His Majesty, and so it is ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Despite this Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The award of the medal to him is not however confirmed in official records. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.