A naturalized American 'Jock's Great War campaign medal pair: Private Harry 'Harri' Cameron 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, late 4th (City of Aberdeen) Battalion Gordon Highlanders

- British War Medal. Silver issue (4514 Pte. H. Cameron. Gordons.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (4514 Pte. H. Cameron. Gordons.)

Wounded-in-Action: No 201643 Private Harry Cameron, Gordon Highlanders is confirmed having been 'Wounded-in-Action', serving in France, reference the long list of 'Rank & File Scottish Losses' published in the Scotsman newspaper issue of 13 November 1917

Medals Verification: The Great War campaign medals all verified as issued per the respective medal rolls of the Gordon Highlanders, as under:

a). British War Medal. Silver issue: Reference WO 329/1660 (shows No 4514 first entered a theatre of war, with 4/Gordons, later re-numbered 201643 with 2/Gordons)

b). Interallied Victory Medal: Reference WO 329/1660 (shows No 4514 first entered a theatre of war, with 4/Gordons, later re-numbered 201643 with 2/Gordons)

An old manila label with the medals, written in ink, says 'Belonged to Private Harry Cameron, Croftmore, Bogbain, Keith and on reverse of the label 'Last heard of in South America, age 76, 1973'. The card details are not entirely accurate as 'Harri' Cameron, died in, Colorado, USA, in 1953. A memorial stone to his life can be seen at Orchard Mesa Cemetery, Grand Junction, Mesa County, Colorado, USA

Harry 'Harri' Cameron, youngest son of Alexander Cameron (a Crofter) & Mary Cameron (nee Leipper) was a native of Croftmore, Bogbain, Keith, Banffshire, Scotland, where he was born on, 27 November 1897. The 1901 National Census for Scotland records Harry Cameron, living at home at Croftmore, Bogbain, Keith, with his parents, and 10 x siblings (his parents are reported to have had 15 x children in total). In 1901, Harry's siblings living at home with him comprised, 4 x sisters, viz, Jane, Agnes, Annie & Maggie, together with 5 x sibling brothers - all older - viz, Alexander, James, Alfred, Robert, Eddie & Lewis. After serving with the Gordon Highlanders during the Great War, Harry Cameron, migrated to the United States, where almost all of his siblings had migrated to USA and Canada during the inter-war years. In America, Harry, went by the forename spelling 'Harri', and was employed and resident in firstly San Francisco, California, and latterly in Colorado, His employment in USA was variously described as 'Gardener' and latterly 'Car Mechanic'

The medal retaining their original long lengths of silk watered 'moire' ribands, as issued

Sold together with some hard-copy photocopied research

Condition: About GVF

Code: 22615