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8 Aug 2021: The bars on this medal indicate that its recipient, Sergeant J. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Private John Cuthbert of the 44th Regiment, was among those who took the Taku Forts in 1860 prior to campaigning to, taking and looting Beijing. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: East & Central Africa Medal, 1899. British rule in East Africa was partly achieved via the British East Africa Company, which acquired possessions in Uganda that the Government took over in 1895, ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 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. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it at some point

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Corporal Bernard Reilly of the 68th Light Infantry. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: 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 in ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed

8 Aug 2021: Urabi was captured and exiled to Ceylon. The other bars of the medal relate to a later campaign, against Sheikh Muhammad Ahmad ibn al-Sayyid 'Abd Allah and his allies, who ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For fighting at Lucknow during the second relief effort and subsequent evacuation, or in the city's recapture the next year, this bar was awarded to the Indian Mutiny Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers Baldwin 1927.

8 Aug 2021: The medals were handed to them in cardboard boxes, each recipient saluting his Majesty with his left hand and receiving his medal in his right. ... From King Edward's hand to Private Jones's and eventually to Lester Watson's, who purchased the medal at

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a pair of conflicts known as the Waikato Invasion and the Taurange Campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Riel had already fled and the rising was quickly quelled. This medal was awarded in 1899 to those who had fought the Fenians in any of these raids or the Red ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Kelly, who was Clerk in HMS Hazard (aboard which vessel he also earned the First China War Medal some years earlier). ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum is grateful to Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: The medal was issued to Gunner F. H. Mather of the Royal Artillery, probably in the Royal Horse Artillery (although different batteries of this unit served in the two campaigns). ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Clorinde became HMS Aurora. Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealers

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 dates on this medal relate to the conflict known as the Second Taranaki War. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal in a New York auction in November 1926.

8 Aug 2021: The bar for Fatshan Creek means that the recipient must have been a sailor or marine, but the medal is unnamed and no further identification can be made. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson from the London dealers Spink in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Nonetheless, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford at some point

8 Aug 2021: For this reason the medal is often called the Peninsular Medal' even though it also covered campaigns inand America. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928;

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Cartwright was nonetheless entitled to the medal, and Lester Watson purchased it at some

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal in a New York auction during 1927.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink in 1926.

8 Aug 2021: bar, or at least why it is not on the medal, cannot be told. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased it late in his life, from the London dealer Seaby in 1937; it had

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928; it

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously come up

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the London dealer Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: and the clasp does not share the wear and discolouration of the medal itself. ... Be this as it may, Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: For participation in this campaign the Central India bar was awarded to the Indian Mutiny Medal in 1858. ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Presumably AB Cole managed to leave naval service after this. Lester Watson purchased his

8 Aug 2021: The dates on this medal relate to a pair of conflicts known as the Waikato Invasion and the Taurange Campaign. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: As with the Army equivalent and the East India Company's related award, many of the battles for which the medal was awarded had been fought so long ago that few ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The New Zealand Medal was instituted in 1869 to recognise service in the New Zealand Wars of 1845-46, 1847 and 1860-66, and not for any of the other conflicts ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Of the 49 Europeans and 79 Indians so entitled, one was Corporal Patrick Keays of the 1st Battalion, Bengal Artillery, whose medal this is; its award has been verified. ... Lester Watson purchased it some time before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private William Walton of the 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Edward Rowbottom of the 50th Queen's Own Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private J. H. Webster of the 40th Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The medal is apparently one of the 1863 to 1866' issue that has been altered to read 1861'. ... Whatever the truth of the matter may be, Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.