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8 Aug 2021: Although it is not the medal in the Watson Collection, it is recorded that one Daniel MacKenzie was actually born aboard HMS Tremendous during the battle (his mother, the wife of ... Be that as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it had formed part, in 1927 (Glendining, 20-21 July 1927, lot 965).

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection includes his entire medal group, purchased as one by Lester Watson from the London dealers Seaby in 1929.

8 Aug 2021: The Lester Watson Collection includes his entire medal group, purchased as one by Lester Watson from the London dealers Seaby in 1929.

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: The French flagship Hoche was captured in this battle and named Donegal; the Watson Collection includes one medal awarded to a member of her new British crew. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealer Baldwin in 1928; it had previously

8 Aug 2021: The medal which displays this bar in the Watson Collection was awarded to Captain John Bostwick of the Norfolk Regiment of the Canadian Militia. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: M. Monk, whose medals are part of what the catalogue of the Watson Collection considers Group 6.

8 Aug 2021: Her complement later earnt another medal which has ended up in the Watson Collection.) Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Although this medal is part of the Watson Collection, Lester Watson's own lists give no provenance for it.