A 'Dumfries Man's' Great War, Palestine & Long Service group of 4: Private William John Douglas, 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, late 1/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Bn King's Own Scottish Borderers and 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots

- British War Medal. Silver issue (1574 Pte. W. J. Douglas. K.O.S.B.)
- Interallied Victory Medals (1574 Pte. W. J. Douglas. K.O.S.B.)
- General Service Medal 1918-62. GVI with clasp 'Palestine' (3178890 Pte. W. Douglas. K.O.S.B.)
- Military LS&GC. GV issue with 'Regular Army' bar (3178890 Pte. W. J. Douglas. K.O.S.B.)

Medals and clasp verification: The campaign medals all verified as issued (the nominal rolls for the inter-war LS&GC medals are not yet in the public domain), per below cited campaign medal roll references

- British War Medal: WO 329/1118, as No 1574 1/5th K.O.S.B. & 203243 Garrison Battalion Royal Scots
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1118 as No 1574 1/5th K.O.S.B., & 203243 Garrison Bn Royal Scots
- GSM Medal with clasp 'Palestine': WO 100/503 serving with 1/K.O.S.B.

William John Douglas, third son of Andrew Douglas (a Quarryman & Stone Carter) and Janet (Douglas) was a native of Dumfries, Scotland, where he was born in 1897. William had several siblings, including older brother David (b. 1895), and younger brothers James Hughes Douglas (b. 1899) and Robert Douglas (b. 1910), and an elder sister, Agnes Douglas (b circa 1893). Amongst his siblings, his younger brother Robert Douglas, also became a professional soldier, joining 2nd Battalion Royal Scots, who was Wounded-in-Action during the Battle for Hong Kong on 21, December 1941, and later as a Far East Prisoner of War died of disease in enemy occupied Hong Kong, on 1942. William John Douglas enlisted in the British Army during the Great War, and he served in Egypt and Palestine with 1/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, where his unit served with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force in Palestine. He was posted for a time to the 1st Garrison Battalion Royal Scots (which unit was deployed to Egypt / Cyprus). 1/5 K.O.S.B. was transferred to the Western Front in France and Flanders from April 1918. William survived the Great War and post-war decided to make a career in the British Army. In 1920, William was allocated a new unique Army Number, viz, 3178890, which number is in the unique block 3178001- 3233000 allocated to the K.O.S.B. in 1920. A long serving professional soldier, William served with 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers in Palestine (Mandate Territory) in 1936 during the 'Arab Rebellion'. In retirement, William John Douglas returned to his native Dumfries-shire in Scotland, where he is recorded to have died at Moffat, sometime in 1978

The Great War and LSGC medals mounted as-worn by the recipient, in the swing-style. The reverse of the white metal mounting bar retaining its long hinged pin & clasp fittings. The GSM is loose and retains its original long length of silk medal riband as-issued

See item code 24133 for the recipients brother's medal group, to Robert Douglas, 2nd Royal Scots, who died as a Far East Prisoner of War in enemy occupied Hong Kong, that is listed for sale

Condition: Great War pair polished GF, LSGC is VF and the GSM is EF

Code: 24135