A Scottish Railyman's Indian Volunteer Long Service medal pair: Honorary Captain James Miller Mushet, Bombay Baroda & Central India Railway Volunteer Rifle Corps

The pair comprising:

a). Indian Volunteer Forces Officers Decoration. EDVII issue  With integral top brooch bar (Hony. Captain & Qr. Mr. J. M. Mushet, Bo. B. & C.I. Ry. Volr. Rifles)

b). Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), EDVII issue (Lt. & Qr. Mr. J. M. Mushet, 2d Bo. B. & C.I. Ry. Vols.)

The IVD with English silver hallmarks...  read more

Code: 25717

A Scottish 'Merchant' & Officer of the Indian Volunteers Long Service Medal Pair: Lieutenant- Colonel John Stewart Couper, V.D., late Commanding-Officer, Sind Volunteer Rifles

- Indian Volunteer Forces Officers Decoration. EDVII issue (Major J. S. Cooper, Sind Volr. Rifles)
- Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India). EDVII issue (Major J. S. Couper, Sind Volr. Rifles

The surname n the IVD only has been engraved as 'Cooper' (sic), when the correct surname was Couper. The medal being as issued and never corrected

The IVD with Engl...  read more

Code: 25716

A 'Chilbolton' former Hussar & later Black Watch 'Jock' Killed-in-Action medal group of 3: Private William Fisher, 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders (Black Watch)

- 1914-15 Star (8438. Pte. W. Fisher, R. Highrs.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (8438. Pte. W. Fisher. R. Highrs.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (8438. Pte. W. Fisher. R. Highrs.)

Killed-in-Action: Private William Fisher is confirmed having been 'Killed-in-Action' in France, 13 October 1915

Sadly William Fisher's body was never recovered from the fi...  read more

Code: 25713

A Korean War '1950-51' Service & Cyprus Emergency medal group of 3: Staff Quartermaster Sergeant Roy Stewart Boag, Royal Army Pay Corps, late 1st Battalion Middlesex Regiment

- Korea Medal 1950-53.1st issue (21030939 Pte. R. Boag. Mx.)
- United Nations: Service Medal  with clasp 'Korea'
- General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Cyprus (21030939 Sgt. R. S. Boag. R.A.P.C.)

Roy Stewart Boag was born in North Kensington, London, on 6 July 1929 and attested originally for the Middlesex Regiment, seeing active service with them in Korea. He transfer...  read more

Code: 25629

A Scottish Soldier's Victorian era multi-campaign medal group of 4: Private Andrew Holmes, 71st Highland Light Infantry

- Crimea Medal 1854. With clasp 'Sebastopol' (A. Holmes, 71st Regt.)
- Indian Mutiny Medal 1857-1859. No clasp (Andrew Holmes, 71st Highlanders Lt. Iy.);
- IGS 1854-1895 Medal. Silver issue with clasp 'Umbeyla' (3581 A. Holmes. H.Ms. 71st Regt.)
- Turkey Crimea: Sardinia rev. With scroll suspender (No. 3581 Andrew Holmes 71 Hd. Lt. Infy.)

Note: The 3 x Britis...  read more

Code: 25496

An Ashanti Star 1896 & West Africa 'Gold Coast' 1897-98 Campaign Medal pair: Private Fulani Kwarika. Gold Coat Constabulary

Comprising:

- Ashanti Star 1896
- E & W Africa Medal 1887-1900, Silver & clasp '1897-98' (1443 Pte Fulani Kwarika, G.C. Constby:)

Medals & Clasp Verification: Private Fulani Kwarika of the Gold Coast Constabulary is confirmed entitled to the below following medal(s) and clasp per below cited regimental medal rolls:

- Ashanti Star: WO 100/79. R...  read more

Code: 25462

A 'Son of Empire' Delhi Durbar and Volunteer Long Service Medal pair: Volunteer Arthur Frank Connor, 1st Punjab Volunteer Rifles and Indian Police Service

- Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Silver issue
- Volunteer Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies). GV issue (Voltr. A. F. Connor. 1st. Pjb. Voltr. Rfls)

Medals Verification: Medal rolls for civil allocation of the Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, are not digitally accessible in the public domain

- Delhi Durbar Medal 1911. Silver issue: Presumably was awarded under the l...  read more

Code: 25491

A 'Hastings' interest 'Severely Wounded' Great War casualty medal pair: Private Frederick John Polhill Worcestershire Yeomanry, later 4th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and Royal Defence Corps

- British War Medal. Silver issue (2729 Pte. F. J. Polhill. Worc.Yeo.)
- Interallied Victory Medal  (2729 Pte. F. J. Polhill. Worc.Yeo.)

Wounded-in-Action: Gunshot and Shrapnel Wound to Back (severe), France & Flanders 18 October 1916 (the recipients extant service papers held and accessible at The National Archives) refer

So severe were the recipients battl...  read more

Code: 25485

A Scottish senior NCO's Burma Campaign and Korean War campaign medal group of 6: Sergeant Alexander Vernon, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots late Company Quartermaster Sergeant 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers

- The 1939-1945 Star. No clasp
- The Burma Star. No clasp
- Defence Medal
- War Medal
- Korea Medal (3188086 Sgt. A. Vernon. R.S.)
- United Nations: Service Medal with clasp 'Korea'

Medals Verification: Medal rolls for the Second World War and all post-1948 campaigns are not in the public domain, and hence are not accessible. However, all of the...  read more

Code: 25479

A Metropolitan Police Second World War 'Home Defence' and Police Long service medal pair: Sergeant Frederick Denis Plummer, Metropolitan Police

- Defence Medal
- Police Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. EIIR 1st issue (Sergt. Frederick D. Plummer)

Frederick Denis Plummer, son of Frederick Plummer (a Shepherd / Farm Worker) and Jane Plummer (nee Wyatt)  was a native of, Shirburn near Thane, Oxfordshire, England, where was born on, 7 December 1909. At the time of the compilation of the 1911 National Census for Engl...  read more

Code: 25474