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8 Aug 2021: The Company, given a royal charter in 1889, recruited its own forces and from 1890 onwards significant engagements resulted in the award of this medal to those troops. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private J. Kelly of the 1st Battalion, 1st West India Regiment. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The receipient of this medal must therefore have been awarded the Order's medal twice at some point between 1837 and 1912, when Indian troops were made eligible for the Victoria ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The work they did in maintaining order and assisting the medical effort was acknowledged by the Governor of the colony with this medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: indicates that this medal was awarded, to Sergeant Frederick Carthy of the Royal New Zealand Artillery. ... Lester Watson purchased his 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 purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Stoker H. Devlin, served aboard HMS Fame, which due to the eagerness of its captain, Roger Keyes (at death Admiral of the Fleet and 1st Baron ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This makes the medal impossible to distinguish from the Ashantee War Medal when worn. ... 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

8 Aug 2021: Queen Victoria, by whose order the medal was issued and whose bust it therefore carried, was likewise not on the throne for the actions for which it was awarded. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private F. Bird of the 80th Foot, which unit joined the campaign against Sekukuni once the Galekas and Gaikis were temporarily pacified. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears a bar for participation in this unsuccessful campaign, and also for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928. The Museum gratefully acknowledges the help of Mr G.

8 Aug 2021: by the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... The award of this bar to him has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal, Private William Smith of the 31st Regiment, was involved in the 1858 capture of the Taku Forts which permitted the advance to Tientsin. ... His medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Reverse, a collection of war trophies. Coorg Medal, issued by the British East India Co., 1837. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Major Gordon, writing of the medal, observed: "This bar was very well earned as the country that these expeditions had to go through consisted of trackless jungle.". ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: It was likely for participation in this operation that this medal was awarded, to Sapper Dasappa of the Madras Sappers and Miners. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private Mir Arab of the 27th Bombay Light Infantry, part of the Indian Contingent in Africa. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Spink at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private John St Etienne of the Canadian Militia, one of the Voltigeurs in the skirmish line at Crysler's Farm; the award of a medal to ... Lester Watson purchased it at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Joshua Sheppard, Ship's Boy in the 5th-rate frigate HMS Fox. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: time. This medal was awarded to Sapper Munisami of the Queen's Own Madras Sappers & Miners, who was wounded by gunshot in the defence of Malakand. ... Lester Watson purchased his medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Indian Mutiny Medal, 1858. The Indian Mutiny of 1857, now regarded in some quarters of India as the First Indian War of Independence, has a history far too complex to be ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This example of the medal and bar for that campaign was awarded to Able-Bodied Seaman W. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Waterloo Medal, 1815 (Napoleonic Wars). Most of the battles of the Napoleonic Wars, except those fought by Admiral Horatio Nelson, were not commemorated with the issue of medals at the time ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The bars on this medal indicate that its recipient, Private John Hepburn of the 99th Foot, fought at the 1857 capture of Guangzhou and the 1860 capture of the Taku Forts. ... The medal was purchased by Lester Watson at some point before 1928.

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

8 Aug 2021: the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: until 1900, were considered to merit this medal, which in terms of design is a continuation of the Ashantee War Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point from the London dealer Spink before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified, but the bar for the battle at Foshan tells us that he was a sailor or a marine. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The recipient of this medal was one of those involved in the 1857 capture of Guangzhou. ... The medal is unnamed, and the recipient cannot be identified. Lester Watson purchased the piece at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: by the issue of the Miltary General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private W. Patter, of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Contingent formed by the Association mentioned above. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Abyssinian War Medal, 1869. The Abyssinian War Medal was awarded to those involved in a 1867-1868 expedition to Abyssinia to secure the release of British labourers sent to the country ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester Watson

8 Aug 2021: the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... His service aboard has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point

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: This medal was awarded to Sepoy Kale Khan of the 1st (Baluch) Battalion of the Bombay Light Infantry, part of the Indian Contingent in Africa, who presumably fought at Lubwa's ... Lester Watson purchased his medal from the London dealers Spink at some

8 Aug 2021: For the lesser ones of these the North West Frontier bar was awarded in 1869, although some expeditions were thought to merit individual bars. ... Savage of the 2nd Border Regiment, whose medal this is. Lester Watson purchased it 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: the issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Not all the conflicts for which the New Zealand Medal was awarded were of this kind, however, some rather being wars between Maori tribes in which one side had managed to ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: This medal was however awarded to Thomas Rowlands, who was verifiably a Ship's Boy on the Endymion at the time. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed part of the Whalley Collection.

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: Indian Mutiny Medal, 1858. The Indian Mutiny of 1857, now regarded in some quarters of India as the First Indian War of Independence, has a history far too complex to be ... Lester Watson purchased it 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: well as some Chinese) to relieve the foreign population of Beijing and finally suppress the rebellion. ... From King Edward's hand to Private Jones's and eventually to Lester Watson's, who purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Not all the conflicts for which the New Zealand Medal was awarded were of this kind, however, some rather being wars between Maori tribes in which one side had managed to ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928

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: 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 issue of the Military General Service Medal, those serving in the Navy at the time were recognised with the Naval General Service Medal. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Not all the conflicts for which the New Zealand Medal was awarded were of this kind, however, some rather being wars between Maori tribes in which one side had managed to ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Lowe at some point before 1928