A 'Buckie Loon's Great War campaign medal group of 3: Private Robert George Stewart 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders late 6th (Banff & Donside) Battalion Gordon Highlanders

- 1914-15 Star (11943. Pte. R. G. Stewart. Gord. Highrs.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (11943 Pte. R. G. Stewart. Gordons.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (11943 Pte. R. G. Stewart. Gordons.)

Wounded on Duty: Private Robert Galbraith Stewart of 'B' Company 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders is confirmed having been 'Wounded-on-Duty' when he received a 'Lacerated Wound to the right knee while on 'Duty'. He was admitted to the 149th Field Ambulance on 31 October 1916 for treatment, being transferred to the 3/HFA on 1 November 1916 (reference file series MH 106/216 War Office: First World War Representative Medical Records of Servicemen (Hospital Admission and Discharge Registers). The entry for Private Stewart show that he was 19 years of age, and had served with the British Army for 1 year and 6 months of which 11 months had been on active service with the British Expeditionary Force in France

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

a). 1914-15 Star: Reference WO 329/2801 (first entered theatre of war 'France' with Gordons on, 2 December 1915. Disembodied on 1 April 1919)

b). British War Medal. Silver issue: Reference WO 329/1662 (first entered France with 6/Gordons, later with 2/Gordons No 266168)

c). Interallied Victory Medal: Reference WO 329/1662 (first entered France with 6/Gordons, later with 2/Gordons No 266168)

The reverse of the recipients extant Medal Index Card with the below forwarding address, where his nominated next of kin, his brother William lived:

Mill Cottage
Glenalmond
Perth

Robert Galbraith Stewart, fourth son of William Stewart (a Baker) and Isabella Stewart (nee Geddes) was a native of the parish of, Rathven, Buckie, Banffshire, Scotland, where he was born on, 22 August 1897. The 1901 National Census for Scotland, shows Robert (described as an Apprentice Irondresser) living at home with his parents, and 7 x siblings, comprising 3 x elder brothers, James Stewart (Killed-in-Action, France, 1916, while serving with Canadian Expeditionary Force) William Stewart & John Stewart, and 4 x sisters viz, Jane Stewart, Isabella Stewart, Grace Stewart & Helen Stewart. In 1901 the Stewart family resided at, 23 South Land Street, Buckie. Shortly after the outbreak of the Great War in August 1914, James attested for service with the British Army sometime around April-May 1915, at which time he was posted to his local Territorial Force battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, joining 6th (Banff & Donside) Battalion Gordon Highlanders, with which unit he was given the regimental number No. 11943. Robert first entered theatre of war, France, with a reinforcement draft for 6/Gordons on, 2 December 1915. In October 1916, he received a 'Lacerated Wound' to his knee while on duty. Robert was later transferred to the 2nd Battalion Gordon Highlanders, with which battalion he was re-numbered as No. 266168. Private Stewart survived the Great War and took his final discharge from the British Army on, 1 April 1919. On 30 November 1923, Robert together with his younger sister Helen, were the witnesses a the marriage of his elder Brother William Stewart, Robert Galbraith Stewart migrated to North America in 1929, where he became a naturalized Canadian. He is recorded to have died at Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on, 20 January 1972

The medals mounted as-worn by the recipient in the swing-style. The original watered silk 'moire' ribands suspended from a contemporary white metal mounting bar that retains its long hinged pin & clasp fittings

Sold together with some hard-copy photocopied research

Condition: About EF

Code: 22629