Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Hendry, Royal Highlanders, who was thrice wounded in action

1914 Star (1224 Pte. J. Hendry. 2/R.Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (1224 Pte. J. Hendry. R. Highrs.) nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90

James Hendry was born In Perth, Scotland, around 1891, and attested for the Royal Highlanders on 16 January 1908. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 September 1914 and is recorded in his Army Service Record as suffering a bullet wound to the hand on 7 November 1914. Wounded again on 9 May 1915, he was subsequently sanctioned by his superiors on multiple occasions for stealing rations and absence without leave; tried by District Court Martial for absence on 7 January 1916, he was sentenced to 8 calendar months of detention. The sentence remitted early, Hendry returned to the front line where he was wounded for a third time in May 1916. Transferred to the Royal Defence Corps and Labour Corps, he was discharged on account of his wounds on 3 April 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge no. 472477.

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