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8 Aug 2021: The resulting Army of India Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826 in a theatre where many conflicts had subsequently arisen, so many of those involved were no ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928

8 Aug 2021: This medal bears the bar for participation in that battle, and for action during the long siege of Sevastopol. ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Service in this theatre entitled the crew of the British fleets there to this medal, which was issued unnamed except in exceptional cases. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford at some point before 1928.

8 Aug 2021: Mysore Campaign Medal, 1793 (Third Anglo-Mysore War). Mysore, in the far south of modern India, was the centre of a kingdom from the fifteenth century until 1947, but from the ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: East India Company's Egypt Medal, 1802. General Napoleon Bonaparte, in 1798 not yet in power in France, conceived the idea of attacking Egypt to cut Britain off from India, and ... Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: This medal was awarded to Private William Kingston, of the Royal Marine contingent aboard HMS Romulus; the Medal Roll records its award to a William Kingstone. ... Lester Watson purchased this medal from the dealer Gifford in 1928.

8 Aug 2021: The resulting Army of India medal covered battles from 1799 to 1826, so many of those involved were no longer living. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

8 Aug 2021: 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. ... Lester Watson purchased it from the dealer Gifford 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 ... His service aboard has been verified. Lester Watson purchased the medal from the dealer

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