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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: The dates on this medal relate to the conflict known as the Second Taranaki War. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

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: Manning's presence on the ship during this period has been verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of this medal to him. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926.

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: This medal was awarded to Able Bodied Seaman Edward Rose, who served aboard HMS Ringdove in an extremely busy period in which that vessel participated in two major campaigns and a ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin 1927

8 Aug 2021: India General Service Medal (1854-1895), with bar for Waziristan 1894-5, awarded to Pvt. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Naval General Service Medal, with bars for Centurion 18 Sep.t 1804, Trafalgar & Basque Roads 1809, awarded to AB James Cole, 1848. ... Presumably AB Cole managed to leave naval service after this. Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers

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: 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: This medal was awarded to Private John Halpin, of the contingent of Royal Marines serving aboard HMS Donegal, a 74-gun first-rate which had previously been the French ship Hoche. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had

8 Aug 2021: For the initial occupation operations, however, and for the expedition into North-West Persia of later 1920, the bars that adorn this medal were awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

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: The bars to this medal indicate that its recipient, Private William Baxendale of the 1st Battalion, 8th Regiment, was part of the forces that besieged and captured Mughal Delhi and then ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private William Walton of the 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a series of conflicts, of which the first was that known as the First Taranaki War, which arose over a disputed sale of Maori ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

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: Naval General Service Medal, with bar for Gaieta 24 July 1815, inscribed to Thomas Cook 1848. ... Lester Watson purchased it late in his life, from the London dealer Seaby in 1937; it had previously been sold at Sotheby's in November 1912.

8 Aug 2021: His presence on the ship at this time has been verified, and the Medals Roll confirms the award of this medal to a man of this name. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously come up for sale in an auction at