War Medals and Their HistorySteward, William Augustus
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War Medals and Their History
Steward, William Augustus
Great Britain. Army -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.; Great Britain. Royal Navy -- Medals, badges, decorations, etc.
_Infantry._--Grenadier, Scots, and Coldstream Guards, and the following
Regiments of the Line: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Border, Cheshire,
Cornwall Light Infantry, Derbyshire, Devonshire, Dorsetshire, Durham
Light Infantry, Essex, Royal Fusiliers, Gloucestershire, Hampshire,
East Kent, West Kent, King's Royal Rifle Corps, Lancashire Fusiliers,
East Lancashire, South Lancashire, Loyal North Lancastrian, Royal
Lancashire, Liverpool, Leicestershire, Lincoln, Manchester, Middlesex,
Norfolk, Northampton, Northumberland Fusiliers, Oxford Light Infantry,
Rifle Brigade, Shropshire Light Infantry, Somersetshire Light Infantry,
North and South Staffordshire, Suffolk, Sussex, East and West Surrey
Regiments, Warwickshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire,
Yorkshire Light Infantry, East also West Yorkshire, York and Lancaster,
and West Riding Regiments, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Royal
Highlanders ("Black Watch"), Cameron, Seaforth and Gordon Highlanders,
King's Own Scottish Rifles, Royal Scots Fusiliers, Scottish Rifles,
Highland Light Infantry, Royal Irish Fusiliers, Royal Dublin Fusiliers,
Inniskilling also Munster Fusiliers, Royal Irish, Royal Irish Rifles,
Leinster, Connaught Rangers, South Wales Borderers, Royal Welsh
Fusiliers.
_Volunteers._--Thirty-two Battalions of Imperial Yeomanry, City
Volunteer Battalions, Companies, and Corps.
_Royal Garrison Artillery._--Eastern Division: 5th, 6th, and 10th
Companies; Southern Division: 14th 15th, 16th, and 36th Companies;
Western Division: 2nd, 6th, 10th, 14th, 15th, 17th, and 23rd Companies.
_Royal Horse Artillery._--A, G, J, M, O, P, Q, R, T, U, and V
Batteries.
[Illustration: VICTORIAN MILITARY LONG SERVICE MEDAL.]
[Illustration: NAVAL DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL INSTITUTED BY HIS
MAJESTY KING GEORGE V OCTOBER 1914.
This medal is illustrated from lead squeezes specially taken for
illustration in this book. The medal depends from a straight suspender
as used with the Naval Long Service Medals.]
_Royal Field Artillery._--2nd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 13th, 14th,
17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 28th, 37th, 38th, 39th, 42nd, 43rd, 44th,
53rd, 61st, 62nd, 63rd, 64th, 65th, 66th, 67th, 68th, 69th, 73rd, 74th,
75th, 76th, 77th, 78th, 79th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 84th, 85th, 86th, 87th,
and 88th Batteries.
Royal Engineers, Army Service and Army Ordnance Corps, Army Veterinary
and Army Pay Departments, and R.A. Medical Corps.
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