Four: Lieutenant W. Thomson, Indian Army, late Royal Garrison Artillery

1914-15 Star (1313 Bmbr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Lieut., 11-Rajputs) last officially renamed, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4)
£120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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William Thomson, a Plumber by occupation, enlisted into the Territorial Army on 23 August 1912, joining the Bute Mountain Battery and later, the Argyll Mountain Battery R.G.A. Posted to the Balkan theatre of war on 24 April 1915. Admitted to hospital in November 1915 suffering from a stone in the bladder, he was invalided to Malta and thence to England. Gazetted a 2nd Lieutenant in the Indian Army at Quetta, 15 January 1918. Later served as a Lieutenant with the 11th Rajputs. With riband bar and four ‘pips’ and original forwarding slip for the I.G.S. and copied m.i.c. and service notes.