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8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private D. Murphy of the 4th Royal Munster Fusiliers. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Seaby in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: indicates that this medal was awarded, to Sergeant Frederick Carthy of the Royal New Zealand Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private William Kingston, of the Royal Marine contingent aboard HMS Romulus; the Medal Roll records its award to a William Kingstone. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private P. McHugh of the 66th Foot. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Naick Balloo of the 27th Native Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased it in an auction in November 1926.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Papayya of the 28th Madras Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Nonetheless, the victory was commemorated by a bar, and this medal, awarded to William Gladstone, who was Surgeon's Mate aboard HMS Sans Pareil during the battle, bears it. ... The award of this bar to him has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the

8 Aug 2021: This is a rare proof in silver of William Wyon's initial, rejected, design. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Martin of the Devon Regiment, to whom this medal was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: In 1920 this heroic but vain defence was commemorated with the issue of the Médaille de Liège to all survivors from the defending forces by the town's mayor, Gustave Kleyer. ... This example bears no name, and its recipient is unknown. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private F. Horton of the 1st Battalion, Scottish Borderers. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Keane of the 32nd Light Infantry, to whom this medal was awarded late in 1858. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: He may also have been eligible for the NGSM, but the example of this medal in the Watson Collection appears to have gone to a seaman more junior than would have ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The Africa General Service Medal replaced the East and West Africa Medal which had previously been awarded for service in this theatre. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This one was awarded to Gunner C. F. Hartlen of the Halifax Garrison Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Baji Rao's subjects greeted this with outrage and rebellion ensued. Among the rebels were the Bhonsle rulers of Nagpur and Berar, whose forces attacked a British column from their fortress ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928. ... The Museum is grateful to Mr Sawyer Rank for his information on this medal.

8 Aug 2021: Seemingly present in both the Afghan and Mahsud campaigns was Private Chowrimuthoo of the 1st Battalion, 61st Pioneers, whose medal this is. ... This must have been done very early if so, however, since Lester Watson purchased the medal, issued in 1921,

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Robert McCullough of the 3rd Foot, for participation in this difficult mountain campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This one was awarded to Corporal J. Smart of the Royal Canadian Rifles. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example was awarded to Orderly William Frost, who served aboard the 74-gun 3rd-rate battleship HMS York. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is however inscribed to Able Bodied Seaman George Eyres of the 74-gun first-rate HMS Leviathan. ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: and Benevente, for which the bar to this medal was awarded, to Sergeant J. ... Elliott of the 10th Hussars. Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: Among the regular forces involved in the suppression of the revolt was Sapper Gabriel of the 2nd Battalion, Queen Victoria's Own Sappers and Miners, whose medal this is. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This, while boosting the country's productivity, also caused resentment among the local population. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealer Baldwin in 1933.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman T. Simpkin, whose vessel, HMS Spiteful, despite only being a paddle-steamer single-handedly quelled piracy in the Arabian Gulf during the campaign, ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester

8 Aug 2021: A party whose task was to delineate the frontier with Afghanistan had been attacked and embroiled in a fierce battle at its camp; this merited the kind of punishment that these ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private James Lavis, of the Royal Marines contingent aboard the Amazon. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Corporal Bernard Reilly of the 68th Light Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman Simon Redgrave of the 24-gun frigate HMS Magicienne, which took no actual part in the battle. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Vittoria. This medal was awarded to Captain of Forecastle Joshua Carson, of HMS Reindeer. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded for a battle of the American War of 1812'. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed part of the Whalley Collection.

8 Aug 2021: For fighting at Lucknow during the second relief effort and subsequent evacuation, or in the city's recapture the next year, this bar was awarded to the Indian Mutiny Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a pair of conflicts known as the Waikato Invasion and the Taurange Campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This in turn, along with the manufacture in most cases of more bars than were eventually issued, has led to the improvement' of many common awards where recipients' names are shared ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin

8 Aug 2021: This expedition was intended to quell any support for the Bolsheviks in what remained of Persia's independent administration. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: battle. This medal is inscribed to Boy John Carter, a trumpeter aboard the Northumberland at the time of the battle. ... This was one of the last pieces acquired for the Watson Collection: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936

8 Aug 2021: This medal is one of those awarded to the Eurotas's crew, to Ship's Boy John Hampton. ... Clorinde became HMS Aurora. Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1929; it had previously been sold through the London auction house

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926. ... Before this it had been sold at the London house Glendining in July 1904.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to John Cowen. The Medals Roll confirms the award of this piece to him, although it gives his name as Cohen. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The rarity of this medal, which is inscribed to Boy John Wilson, a Marine aboard the Boadicea, raises questions. ... Nonetheless, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The latter force also went on to relieve Kanpur, but by this time Baxendale appears to have no longer been fighting. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was one of 35 issued with the bar for this battle, and was awarded to Thomas Jenkins. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in a New York auction during 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This in turn, along with the manufacture in most cases of more bars than were eventually issued, has led to the improvement' of many common awards where recipients' names are shared ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The action for which this bar was awarded was however a rather larger one, the Battle of the Basque Roads. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously belonged to Greg, who obtained it in 1887.

8 Aug 2021: 89 were awarded in 1848. This example is inscribed to Thomas Cook, of the Royal Marines contingent aboard HMS Berwick. ... Lester Watson purchased it late in his life, from the London dealer Seaby in 1937; it had previously been sold at Sotheby's in

8 Aug 2021: combat. Proof of this may be taken from the battle between HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake on 1 June 1813. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously come up for sale in an auction at Glendinings in June 1919.

8 Aug 2021: Meares's presence on the ship during this time has been verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of this medal to him. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As a result, in 1849, it was Horatio and Supérieure's crews who were awarded bars to the NGSM for this encounter, not Latona's. ... Be this as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For participation in this campaign the Central India bar was awarded to the Indian Mutiny Medal in 1858. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.