Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A group of thirteen miniature dress medals representative of those worn by Corporal A. Greenwood, Seaforth Highlanders

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Kandahar; Kabul to Kandahar Star 1880; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902; 1914-15 Star; British War and Victory Medals; Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882; Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum; Royal Humane Society, small silver medal (successful), lacking integral silver riband buckle, mounted for display in the incorrect order, nearly very fine and better (13) £140-£180

Archibald Greenwood was born in Airdrie on 23 May 1859 and attested for the 72nd Highlanders at Paisley on 23 November 1878. Posted to India, he served during the Second Afghan War as part of the Kabul and Kandahar Field Forces. Proceeding to Egypt in 1882, he was present at the battle of Tel el Kebir on 13 September 1882 as part of the Indian Brigade, and later served in the Sudan Campaign of 1898, culminating with the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898. Prior to this he had been awarded a Silver Royal Humane Society Medal on 21 April 1898 for rescuing two privates from the Nile. He was subsequently awarded the Royal Humane Society’s gold Stanhope Medal for the most outstanding rescue of that year. Discharged, he was recalled for service during the Boer War and served with the 3rd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in South Africa during the latter stages of the conflict, being Mentioned in Despatches.

Greenwood saw further service during the Great War with both the Seaforth Highlanders and the Labour Corps, being Mentioned in Despatches and awarded an ‘Immediate’ Meritorious Service Medal for good work during a bombing raid (London Gazette 1 January 1917). Invalided home in January 1919, he died at Torrance near Glasgow in July 1932, aged 73.

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