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8 Aug 2021: This was one of the last pieces acquired for the Watson Collection: Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1936. ... They had come by it from an auction at Glendinings in September 1935.

8 Aug 2021: Presumably AB Cole managed to leave naval service after this. Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928. ... It had previously formed part of the Payne Collection, and Payne had obtained it from a collector by the name of

8 Aug 2021: It may be noted that Clorinde actually surrendered to HMSS Achates and Dryad, which arrived to help after the two combatants had broken off fighting to repair damage. ... Clorinde became HMS Aurora. Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London

8 Aug 2021: The two battleships bombarded the city for three days from 17 July, and it finally capitulated on 8 August, so the date chosen by the Admiralty for the relevant bar to ... Lester Watson purchased it late in his life, from the London dealer Seaby in 1937;

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: He fought in the first action from a boat of HMS Cumberland, and in the latter from one of HMS Voluntaire. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink in 1926.

8 Aug 2021: The Medals Roll confirms the award of the piece to him, although on it his name has been officially corrected from the initial engraving of it as Durnford'. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928;