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8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private T. Birks of the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Copy of Turkish Crimean Medal (Sardinian issue), 1860. The readiness of Great Britain and France, and also Sardinia whose contribution is often forgotten, to aid the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private W. Maxwell of the 1st Highland Light Infantry, for his presence in the battle zone. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: that issue was for a while continued, but the medal was updated, with new designs by William Wyon, in 1848. ... He received a gratuity of 5 pounds from the Queen. Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: In 1902 this medal was awarded to such volunteers who had served in the garrisons at Gibraltar, Malta and Egypt during the Boer campaigns, where they were often put to guarding ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Khedive's Sudan Medal, with bars for The Atbara & Khartoum, awarded to Pvt. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private J. Martin of the 2nd Battalion, Rifle Brigade, for his participation in the 1874 campaign, and the bar indicates his presence at the sack of ... Kumase. Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Sergeant Jones's story makes an odd comparison with that of the other wing-walking medal-winner whose awards have come into the Watson Collection. ... Jones's medal was acquired by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal is also unnamed, so we do not know who its recipient was. ... Lester Watson acquired it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: the 1850s led in 1854 to the design and issue of a General Service Medal for the theatre, for which bars would be issued as each new campaign merited. ... Lester Watson acquired the 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. ... The Watson Collection also includes medals awarded to men of this ship from the Brass River and M'wele campaigns of 1895-1896.) Lester

8 Aug 2021: The Company's decorations and awards however often continued in issue for some time, and thus the last issues of the Company's Long Service Medal were made in 1873. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: P. McGeehan, 1917 & 1919. Obverse, crossed swords with inscriptions on scrolls, under a wreath with the royal monogram at bottom and over a four-pointed star of which the topmost point ... Lester Watson acquired his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Gunner J. Dooley of the Royal Marines Artillery, serving aboard HMS Alexandra when she bombarded Alexandria at the outset of the campaign. ... Lester Watson acquired this 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 the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Corporal Wheeler W. White of the Army Service Corps, who was part of the force that fought at Driefontein, went on to Paardeberg and finally relieved ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

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: 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: Military Medal, 1916 (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 Flying ... 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: 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: Indian Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal, 1910-1935. At King George V's succession to King Edward VII in 1910, most of the service medals then on issue were renewed ... 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: 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: 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: 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 this medal at some point before 1928.

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: 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.