Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R. (3119. Qr. Mr. Sergt. A. S. Pridmore 13th. Mx. Q. W. Vols) engraved naming; Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, V.R., ‘Victoria Regina et Imperatrix’ (Sergt. J. L. Whitty. Great Indian Peninsula Ry. Volr. Corps.) engraved naming, good very fine (2) £80-£100

Arthur Stirling Pridmore was born on 23 January 1861 and served as Quartermaster and Honorary Major in the 13th Middlesex (Queen’s Westminster) Volunteer Rifle Corps. He was awarded the Territorial Decoration on 5 May 1914 and died on 29 March 1927, his final address recorded as 17, Spencer-road, Harpenden.

John Lacey Whitty was awarded the Volunteer Force Long Service Medal under Indian Army Orders of 27 November 1896.