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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 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: 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: 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 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: 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 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: 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.

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