A 'Wemyss' Machine-Gunner's Great War casualty campaign medal group of 3: Sergeant John Ormiston, 37th Divisional Company Machine Gun Corps, late 8th (Service) Battalion Gordon Highlanders

- 1914-15 Star (S-2199 Cpl. J. Ormiston. Gord Highrs.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (S-2199 Sjt. J. Ormiston. Gordons.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (S-2199 Sjt. J. Ormiston. Gordons.)

Wounded-in-Action: Sergeant John Ormiston, 37th Company Machine Gune Corps, is confirmed having been 'Wounded-in-Action' in 1917, while serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders. Reference MH 106/1204 MH106, War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen, wherein he is recorded admitted to the 18th General Hospital, on, 9 August 1917. Sergeant Ormiston's wounds were recorded in the long list of Scottish casualties published in the Scotman newspaper issue of 14 September 1917 - the entry showing that John was a resident of 'Blairadam', Fife, Scotland

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

a). 1914-15 Star: Ref WO 329/2826 (shows first entered theatre of war 'France' with 8/Gordons on, 10 May 1915, to Z Class Army Reserve 19 February 1919)

b). British War Medal. Silver issue: Ref WO 329/1737 (shows first served in theatre of war with Gordons, later re-numbered in MGC, No 17417)

c). Interallied Victory Medal: Ref WO 329/1737 (shows first served in theatre of war with Gordons, later re-numbered in MGC, No 17417)

Note: The 8th (Service) Battalion Gordon Highlanders, first entered theatre of war, France, on, 10 May 1915, when the battalion disembarked at, Boulogne, France

John Ormiston only son of George Ormiston (Forester & Gardener) and Elizabeth Ormiston (nee Paton), was born in, Haddington, Lothian, Scotland, in 1893. John had two siblings, viz, older sister Janet Paton Ormiston, and younger sister, Elizabeth Hope Ormiston. In 1901, the Ormiston family was residing at Cleish, Kinrosshire, Scotland. However after the death of John's mother in 1902, the family relocated to the Wemyss area of Fife. John married Barbara Burt Chrstal at Wemyss, in 1918. In later life John Ormiston held the position of Greenkeeper of the Wemyss Golf Club, and resided at, The Square, Wemyss Castle, Fife. John & Barbara had a son, George, who served with the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, and who had married a South African lady in 1941, while he had been training there. John Ormiston is recorded to have died at Wemyss, sometime during 1966

The medals mounted on card in the court-style for display purposes, the ribands worn

Sold together with some hard-copy photocopied research

Condition: VF

Code: 22621