A Jock's 'Multi-Campaign', Gallipoli, Egypt, Palestine & France Great War and long service medal group of 4: Private Hugh Henderson 1/8th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

- 1914-15 Star (9526 Pte. H. Henderson. Sco. Rif.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (9526 Pte. H. Henderson. Sco. Rif.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (9526 Pte. H. Henderson. Sco. Rif.)
- Territorial Efficiency Medal. GV (3235562 Pte. H. Henderson. Sco. Rif.)

Medals verification: All campaign medals confirmed as entitled per the respective Great War medal rolls of the Scottish Rifles, and respective Medal Index Cards as below cited:

- 1914-15 Star: Ref WO 329/2701
- British War Medal. Silver issue: Ref WO 329/1128
- Interallied Victory Medal: Ref WO 329/1128
- Territorial Efficiency Medal: Army Order of 1929 (Medal Index Card refers)

Private Hugh Henderson first entered theatre of war '2b Balkans' 14 June 1915 -'2b Balkans' being the generic code used on Medal Index Card for the 'Gallipoli Campaign'. Hugh, fortunately survived the multiple 'far flung' campaigns that he served in during the Great War and was disembodied from the British Army on, 25 February 1919

1/8th Battalion Scottish Rifles (Cameronians): The 1/8th Battalion Scottish Rifles landed in Gallipoli as part of the 156th Brigade, under higher formation 52nd (Lowland) Division in June 1915 - and like all battalions of the 52nd Lowland Division, thereafter were amongst the most widely travelled and battle hardened battalions of the British Army. After their evacuation from Gallipoli in January 1916, the battalion moved to Egypt and served thereafter with the Egyptian Field Force in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign. The unit sailed to Marseille, France. in April 1918 and served on the Western Front until the end of the Great War in France. Hugh Henderson was assigned second regimental number at some stage during the Great War, the medal rolls for the British War & Interallied Victory Medal showing that latterly his regimental number (post 1916) had been 290358

Cameronians War Memorial: For a truly magnificent regimental Great War Memorial - see the Cameronians Memorial, unveiled on, 9 August 1924, by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig, who had been the Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front, using below link:

- https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/138894

The medals mounted as-worn by the recipient in the swing-style. The reverse of the medal mounting bar retaining the original long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Condition: VF

Code: 22510