Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (34202 Sjt. J. M. Chisholm. R.A.M.C.) very fine £50-£70

M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917.

James Murray Chisholm was born in Ayr on 22 November 1885. A keen cricketer, he was a member of the now defunct Stirling Victoria Cricket Club, and later worked as an upholsterer and Sunday School Teacher. According to the Stirling Observer, Chisholm ‘died suddenly’ in July 1940. It adds:
‘Mr. Chisholm came to Stirling with his parents at the age of 14, and commenced his apprenticeship with Messrs. Graham & Morton as an upholsterer at their Burghmuir factory. Later, he was transferred to the Falkirk branch of the firm, and in 1914 he joined up with the R.A.M.C. with whom he served all through the war. For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under enemy fire he was awarded the Military Medal at the Battle of Arras. Although badly gassed, he recovered and resumed his duties with the R.A.M.C. after the Armistice, by which time he had attained the rank of Sergeant...’