A Scottish Officer & former Lovat Scout Great War campaign medal pair: 2nd-Lieutenant John McKinnon Macmunn, 1st Battalion 88th Carnatic Infantry, late 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, Cameron Highlanders and 1st Battalion Lovat Scouts

- British War Medal. Silver issue (2-Lieut. J. M. Macmunn.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (2-Lieut. J. M. Macmunn.)

Sold together with:

- Original card box of issue. With the recipients rank, name and abbreviated name of medals on typed label on upper lid of box

Medals verification: Both medals verified as entitled per below cited Great War medal rolls:

- British War Medal. Silver: WO 329/1648, shown as 3155 Lovat Scouts, 26700 Cameron's & 40652 8/Seaforth. Discharged to commission Special List 27/08/18
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1648, shown as 3155 Lovat Scouts, 26700 Cameron's & 40652 8/Seaforth. Discharged to commission Special List 27/08/18

In addition to above, in 1940, John Macmunn, in 1940, claimed a Mercantile Marine War Medal - the riband for which was sent to his Lewisham address on, 21 August 1940, per the respective Board of Trade Mercantile Marine War Medal Index Card (BTBT 351/1/86366 ). Whether a Mercantile Marine War Medal was ever subsequently issued per his late claim medals is not known, and we opine highly unlikely (he died in 1943), considering the temporary restrictions on the issue of campaign medals for the duration of the war that had been introduced during the Second World War

John McKinnon Macmunn son of John Macmunn (a Postal Inspector) & Macmunn (nee ) was a native of, Glasgow, Scotland, where he was born on, 9 February 1892. At the time of the 1901 National Census for Scotland he is recorded living with his parents and at the time x siblings at the family residence located at, 323 Allison Street, Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland. Prior to the Great War, John had embarked on a career as an Engineer, and is recorded to have been resident and well travelled in his engineering capacity being recorded as having travelled and been resident in British India including Burma, and in the Straits Settlements. On the outbreak of the war, was employed in the Straits Settlements (present day Singapore and Malaysia). He is recorded, shown as an 'Engineer' making his return journey to the United Kingdom September 1915, as a passenger aboard the Japanese (N.Y.K. Line) passenger ship S.S. Mishima Maru, that he boarded at Singapore, for destination, Southampton, United Kingdom, where he disembarked on, 24 September 1915. The passenger manifest for that voyage lists lots of other returning single British overseas resident expatriates, most of whom were returning to 'Join-Up' for the duration of the War'

During the Great War he served overseas in France, 1916-1917, and applied for a Commission in the Indian Army in 1917 - at which time he stated fluency in Hindustani and Malay - and stated a preference to be appointed to a Gurkha Rifles regiment. In the vent, he was commissioned into the Indian Army Reserve of Officers and posted to the 88th Carnatic Infantry. Following the Great War, John returned to Scotland, where in he married Kathleen. In 1928, the Macmunn's had relocated to London (where they appear listed resident at, 6 Hazelbank Road, Lewisham, London, per the 1928 electoral register). At the time of the compilation of the National Register for England and Wales in 1939, John Macmunn is recorded residing together with his wife, Kathleen (b.1895), at, 6 Hazelbank Road, Hither Green, Lewisham, London. The entry shows John recorded as employed as a 'Tannery Representative', and under remarks is described as a Lieutenant retired discharged to pension. John McKinnon Macmunn, is recorded to have died in his native Scotland sometime during 1943  

Sold together with some soft-copy research including copied set of the recipients Military Service papers that will be forwarded to the buyer by email attachment

Condition: EF

Code: 24343