East & West Africa Medal. Silver issue with clasp '1892' (3067 Pte. J. Williams. 1/W.I. Rgt)

Medal and both clasp verification. No. 3067 Private J. Williams, 1st West India Regiment is confirmed as entitled per the below referenced campaign medal roll of 1st Battalion West India Regiment:

- East & West Africa Medal with '1892' clasp: WO 100/76. The medal roll compiled and signed at Sierra Leone, 10 December 1892

The medal roll shows that Private Williams served in two separate qualifying expeditions / operations in 1892, viz, 'Expedition against Toniataba' (in Sierra Leone) and 'Expedition against Jebus (in Southern Nigeria)

Important: Recipient is confirmed as being present at the Victoria Cross action of 'Toniataba' in 1892, whereat Lance Corporal William Gordon of the 1/West India Regiment earned the unique to regiment Victoria Cross for his outstanding gallantry.

The medal clasp '1892' was awarded for participation in 4 x qualifying expeditions in 1892, carried out in 3 x different colony's as under;

- Expedition up the Gambia (in Gambia)
- ExpedItion against Tambie (in Sierra Leone)
- Expedition against Toniataba (in Sierra Leone)
- Expedition against Jebus (in Southern Nigeria)

Condition: GVF

Code: 24290