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8 Aug 2021: The latter bar covered eleven separate punitive expeditions, in one or several of which must have taken part Private J. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the London dealers Baldwin in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: at the request of King Theodore, but imprisoned on their arrival along with other British representatives. ... Simpkin was presumably part of this effort, and Lester Watson purchased the medal awarded for it 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: 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: 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: The medal was awarded to Gunner Momo Katango of the South Nigeria Regiment; its award has been verified. ... 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,

8 Aug 2021: Lester Watson purchased the medal from the London dealers Baldwin in 1928. ... It had previously been part of the Murray Collection.

8 Aug 2021: It was awarded to Corporal Abdulla Mongo of the 4th Battalion, King's African Rifles. ... 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 956).

8 Aug 2021: The campaign for which this medal was awarded was a native police operation that quelled a small rising in the Shire Highlands of Nyasaland (now part of Malawi). ... Lester Watson purchased it in the auction of the Hamilton Smith Collection, of which it

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded for a battle of the American War of 1812'. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal at some point before 1928; it had previously formed part of the Whalley Collection.