A Jock's Great War,Third Afghan War & Second World War medal group of 4: Private George Sutherland, 1st Garrison Battalion Gordon Highlanders, late Royal Scots later Conductor Edinburgh Corporation Transport

- British War Medal. Silver issue (S-16628 Pte. G. Sutherland, Gordons.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (S-16628 Pte. G. Sutherland, Gordons.)
- IGS 1908. GV Afghanistan NWF 1919' (S-16628 L-Cpl. G. Sutherland, Gord. Highrs.)
- Defence Medal

Sold together with:

- PSV Scottish Traffic Area Bus Conductors Badge'(51mm) with a pre 1945 license number MM32316. Retaining its original lapel fittings 51mm

Medals & clasp(s) verification: The Great War and India General Service Medals all verified as entitled per the below cited sources:

- British War Medal: WO 329/1664 (shows service with Gordons & as No. 4529 Royal Scots)
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1664 (shows service with Gordons & as No. 4529 Royal Scots)
- IGS 1908 Medal with clasp: WO 100/I13/479 (shows attached No.2 Mechanical Transport Coy)

George Sutherland, was a native of Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, where was born on, 22 January 1887. During the Great War, George served variously with the Gordon Highlanders & Royal Scots, having first entered a theatre of war while serving with the Gordon Highlanders. He was later transferred to the Royal Scots, and then back to the Gordons, latterly serving with the 1st Garrison Battalion overseas in British India. While in India, he served during the Third Afghan War & North West Frontier disturbances of 1919, during which he was attached to the No. 2. Mechanical Transport Company. After taking his discharge from the British Army, George returned to Scotland, where from the 1930's he resided at No. 14 Bread Steet. George was a long term member of the Edinburgh Corporation Transport, with whom he was employed as a Conductor, and holding the unique Scottish Traffic Area, license number MM32316. George married Helen Ann Fraser McGillivray, in Edinburgh, in 1924. and in the same year the couple were blessed with a son, George Alexander Sutherland, who later served in the Burma Campaign during the Second World War with the Lancashire Fusiliers. Another child, Elspeth Dorothea Sutherland was born to the couple in 1926. George Sutherland is recorded as having died in Edinburgh, Scotland, sometime in 1970, and was subsequently buried at, Aberlour Cemetery, Moray, Scotland, where he was laid to rest to be with his wife who had preceded him in 1968

All medals fitted with contemporary silk ribands, some stitched and, as-worn

See item code 22873 for the son's Second World War medals

Condition: Silver medals toned. The group GVF

Code: 22875