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Awarded Military Medal
Mention in Despatches (MiD)

Military Medal awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.

 14 December 1917, Supplement: 30431, Page: 13196.

 01 January 1916


"FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD"
This medal was awarded for Gallantry and devotion to duty under fire.
The Military Medal is the British Army equivalent of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (D.C.M.),
the Distinguished Flying Medal (D.F.M.) and the Air Force Medal (A.F.M.).

(Source Discription:) Ministry of Defence Factsheet:

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Andrew WATSON M.M.

Roll of Service 1914-1918

AndrewWATSON M.M.

Transport Sergeant: 1st Gordon Highlanders Pioneer, 185, 4th Corps of Signals, 2303349, Royal Engineers, 23313.

 

 

Personal Details

  • Cruden,

    Aberdeenshire, Scotland.

  • Waltham Forest,

    Greater London, England.

Service History

  • Official Service Number:

    1st Gordon Highlanders Pioneer, 185

  • Official Service Number:

    4th Corps of Signals, 2303349, Royal Engineers, 23313

Medals

Poppy - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.

  • Military Medal awarded for acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.Military Medal
  • 1914-15 Star, was awarded for service in specified theatres of war between 5 August 1914 and 31 December 1915 - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.1914-15 Star
  • British War Medal, was awarded for service between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.British War Medal
  • Victory Medal, was awarded for service between 5 August 1914 and 11 November 1918 - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.Victory Medal
  • World War 1 - 4 Medals Grouped Together - Copyright © 2016 Graeme Watson.Grouped together

Gallery - Medals

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(Images of medals are for representation only, actual size and color may vary from that shown.)

Map of attack area of 15th (Scottish) Division on 25th September 1915. Picture: Courtesy of Paul Reed.
'Map of attack area of 15th (Scottish) Division on 25th September 1915.'
[Picture: Courtesy of Paul Reed.]

Battle of Loos, 25th September, 1915. British dead in front of a captured German trench; near Loos, 30th September, 1915. The towers of Loos can be seen in the distance. Picture: Courtesy of Imperial War Museums, Royal Engineers Collection.
'Battle of Loos, 25th September, 1915. British dead in front of a captured German trench; near Loos, 30th September, 1915. The towers of Loos can be seen in the distance.'
[Picture: Courtesy of Imperial War Museums, Royal Engineers Collection.] © IWM (Q 28980)

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Picture: Header, The first patrol entering Cambrai. The Great War (First World War) World War I hand-coloured photograph from an exhibition of war photograph's in natural colour produced by Colart's Studios, Melbourne, in the 1920s.
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(Edited: Artistic Blur by Graeme Watson, 2016)

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