A Jock 'Drummer's' 'Multi-Campaign', Gallipoli, Palestine & France Great War 'Casualty' and long service medal group of 4: Private Joseph Moodie 7th Battalion Royal Scots late, 7th Battalion Royal Scots (Territorial Force)

- 1914-15 Star (300124 Pte. J. Moodie. R. Scots.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (1344 Pte J. Moodie. R. Scots.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (1344 Pte J. Moodie. R. Scots.)
- Territorial Efficiency Medal (300214 Pte. J. Moodie. 7-R. Scots.)

Wounded-in-Action: Drummer Joseph Moodie is confirmed being 'Wounded-in-Action' at Gallipoli (Dardanelles Campaign), on 24 June 1915, per the casualty notice published in The Scotsman issue of, 5 July 1915, quoted below:

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LEITH TERRITORIAL BATTALION IN ACTION

OFFICIAL CASUALTY LIST

At Leith there has been received an official list of the casualties sustained by the 1/7th Royal Scots and the Highland Light Infantry, attached to the Leith Battalion. This is the first list, and only comprises the names of two men who were wounded at the Dardanelles on 24 June. The names are:-

1344 Moodie, J., Drummer, 1/7th Royal Scots, 30 Dickson Street, Leith.

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Another casualty notice - was posted in The Scotsman issue of 22 July 1915, wherein the recipient is shown as:

- Royal Scots (7th Batt -Leith.) Moodie (1344), Drummer J.

The preamble to the long list of casualties in the latter cited newspapers source is quoted below:

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SCOTS TERRITORIALS AT DARDANELLES

LOSSES OF LOWAND REGIMENTS

CAMERONIANS, ROYAL SCOTS, BORDERER'S AND FUSILIERS

Last night's casualty lists issued by the Press Bureau, record heavy Scottish regimental losses in the Dardanelles.

The chief sufferers are the 1st Scottish Borderer's, who have a long list of killed and wounded: the 4th (Galashiels) and 5th (Dumfries) Battalions of the same regiment; the 5th (Queen's Edinburgh) Battalion of the Royal Scots; and the 4th (Kilmarnock) and 5th (Ayr) Battalions of the Royal Scots Fusiliers.

The following were reported from the Base under date July 5 (Privates unless otherwise stated):-

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Medals verification: All 4 x war and long service medals confirmed as entitled per the campaign medal rolls of the Royal Scots and the respective Army Order for the TEM as cited below:

- 1914-15 Star: WO 329/2610 (No 300124 7/RS entered 2B (Gallipoli) 12 June 1915 / disembodied (14 February 1919)
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/368 (shows service 7/R. Scots, and both numbers 1344 & later 300214)
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/368 (shows service 7/R. Scots, and both numbers 1344 & later 300214)
- Territorial Efficiency Medal: WO 372/24/138939 published in an Army Order dated May 1929

Joseph Moodie, son of William Moodie (a Drysalter & Oils Worker) & Caroline Elizabeth Moodie (nee Fehrenbach) was a native of Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, where he was born in 1890. The 1901 National Census for Scotland, records Joseph living with his parents and sibling sisters (Caroline Moodie & Janet Moodie) at their residence located at, 158 Leith Walk, Leith, Midlothian. During the Great War, Joseph served with 1st/7th (Leith) Battalion Royal Scots (Territorial Force), with which unit he held the appointment of 'Drummer'. Although he was 'Wounded-in-Action' at Gallipoli - possibly twice - and subsequently served with his unit in Palestine and in the 'Killing-Fields' of the Western Front in France and Flanders, he was fortunate to survive the Great War, and post-war continued to serve in the Territorial Force and later Territorial Army with the same unit, at least through to 1929 in which year he was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal. Joseph Moodie married Agnes Ayton Drummond, in South Leith, Midlothian, in 1919. Joseph Moodie is recorded to have died at, Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, sometime in 1973

The 1st/7th (Leith) Battalion Royal Scots (Territorial Force) was mobilised in Leith, near Edinburgh, on the outbreak of war in August 1914. The battalion sailed to Gallipoli in June 1915, transferring to Egypt in January 1916 where it served, and subsequently in Palestine, until April 1918. In that month it moved to France to help meet the German Spring offensives and served in France for the rest of the war. The battalion was reduced to cadre strength in March 1919 and returned home in May. During the Great War the 1/7th Royal Scots had the distinction of fighting in multiple campaign theatres, including Gallipoli, in Palestine with the Egyptian Field Force and latterly in France & Flanders, and fought against both the Ottoman Turkish and German armies, in

Obverse of 1914-15 Star with some staining

Condition: Mostly VF

Code: 23074