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8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Driver F. Hanes, of the 1st Brigade, Royal Artillery, for participation in the Battle of Tamaai. ... 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 T. Birks of the 1st North Staffordshire Regiment. ... Lester Watson acquired the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was Private J. Miller of the 6th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry; its award is mentioned in The London Gazette for 15 March 1916, p. ... The medal was acquired by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This is the campaign for which the bar to this medal was awarded, to Private Frederick Rapson, of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Foot. ... Lester Watson acquired the 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.