East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, 1897-98 (2588 Gnr: Kabba Grunshi. G.C.C.)

Medal & Clasp Verification: Gunner Kabba Grunshi of the Gold Coast Constabulary is confirmed entitled to the medal and clasp per below cited regimental medal roll:

- East and West Africa 1887-1900, With clasp '1897-98': WO 100/83. he medal roll showing that at the time the medal roll was compiled that Gunner Kabba Grunshi was serving in 'The Northern Territories'

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Code: 24527

Queens South Africa Medal 1899-1902. Silver issue with 3 x clasps 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Transvaal' (29452 Pte: J. McDonald, 20th Coy Imp: Yeo:)

The recipient Private James McDonald, a native of Newtonmore, Inverness, Scotland, served in South Africa with the 20th (Fife and Forfarshire Light Horse) Company, Imperial Yeomanry

Medal & clasps verification: The medal and all 3 x state clasps confirmed as entitled per the respective campaign medal rolls of the 20th Company Imperial Yeomanry (ref WO 100/122) which rolls were co...  read more

Code: 24526

Queens South Africa Medal. Silver issue with 5 x clasps 'Cape Colony' 'Paardeberg' 'Johannesburg', 'Diamond Hill' & 'Wittebergen' (5993 Pte. F. Catton, K.O. Sco: Bord:)

Wounded-in-Action at Victoria Cross Action: Private Catton is confirmed being 'Wounded-in-Action' in the rear-guard action at Lambrechtfontein on 18 May 1901, at which place Lieutenant & Adjutant G. H. B. Coulson, D.S.O., also of the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, attached 7th Mounted Infantry, won the Victoria Cross (posthumously)

Regimentally Important: A regimen...  read more

Code: 24525

1912 Scott Antarctic Memorial Cross. Gilded black enamel cross

Obverse: In Memoriam Capt R. F. Scott & Comrades March 1912

Reverse: Uniface

Dimensions: 38mm x 24mm

The Terra Nova Expedition, officially the British Antarctic Expedition, was an expedition to Antarctica which took place between 1910 and 1913. Led by Captain Robert Falcon Scott, the expedition had various scientific and geographical objectives. Sco...  read more

Code: 24524

1914 Star. No clasp (6119 Pte. F. W. Cook. C. Gds.)

Wounded-in-Action: Recipient reported Wounded-in-Action in France per casualty list of N.C.O.'s & Other Ranks released by Headquarters British Expeditionary Force under date 15 November 1914, and published in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph issue of, 9 December 1914

Killed-in-Action: No. 6119 Corporal Frank William Cook, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards is confirmed being 'Killed-in...  read more

Code: 24523

1914 Star. No clasp (8952 Pte. J. Lawrence . K.O.Sco: Bord.)

Wounded-in-Action: Private John Lawrence, 'D' Company 2nd Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, is confirmed having been 'Wounded-in-Action' with 'Shrapnel Wounds' to his head, on the date of his capture at St. Quentin, France, 1 September 1914. German Prisoner-of-War Records held by the International Red Cross Society, refer

Prisoner-of-War: No. 8952 Private John Lawrence of ...  read more

Code: 24522

1914 Star. No clasp (10422 Pte. A. Kennedy, 2/Sco:Rif.)

Killed-in-Action: Private Arthur Kennedy 2nd Battalion Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) is confirmed 'Killed-in-Action' in France, 10 March 1915, during the Battle of Neuve Chapelle

Although the body of Private Arthur Kennedy was never recovered from the battlefield, his life and ultimate supreme sacrifice is commemorated in perpetuity on a memorial panel at the Commonwealth War Gra...  read more

Code: 24521

1914 Star. No clasp (573 Pte. J. Quinn. R. Highrs.)

Wounded-in-Action: The recipient is recorded as having been 'Wounded-in-Action' in France, sometime during 1915 - and for which reason he was discharged from the British Army in December 1915

Medal(s) verification: The recipient was entitled to three x campaign medals together with a Silver Wound Badge for his Great War service per the respective medal rolls of the Royal Highlan...  read more

Code: 24520

1914 Star. With original dated clasp '5 Aug - 22 Nov 1914' (No. 3999 Spr. Maidwar. 3/S&M.)

The clasp is stitched to the riband

The recipient was an Indian soldier holding the rank of 'Sapper' while serving with the 20th Company of the 3rd Sappers and Miners, a military sappers unit of the British Indian Army

Wounded-in-Action: No. 3999 Sapper Maidwar is confirmed being 'Wounded-in-Action', during one of the earliest engagements by soldiers of the Indian ...  read more

Code: 24519

1914 Star. No clasp (Cook, Kapur Singh, 15/Sikhs.)

The recipient was an Indian attested public 'Follower' of the Sikh faith performing the trade of 'Cook', while serving with the 15th Ludhiana Sikhs, an all 'Sikh' single class infantry regiment of the British Indian Army

15th Sikhs: The 15th Ludhiana Sikhs disembarked Marseilles, France, in late September 1914. As part of the Indian Corps the 15th Sikhs initially served with the ...  read more

Code: 24518