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“For the Siege of Khartoum” … an ad-hoc award for one of the most famous sieges in British military history Many people who are not so familiar with the detail …

Shop Opening hours across the Jubilee weekend. Our shop will be closed on Thursday 2nd June, and Friday 3rd June 2022 We will be open as normal on Saturday 4th …

In Search of Pte. James Hawkins – in “Streatfeild’s Fingoes” The auction house Spink recently sold the South Africa 1877-79 medal, with clasp 1877-8 to a Pte. J. Hawkins serving …

“Zululand and Cetewayo” – the Journey of Walter Ludlow By any standards, Walter Robert Ludlow lived a remarkably active and full life; he is one of those people who make …

A Medal for an Epidemic – the Ebola Medal of 2015 Recently, there were proposals to award a special medal to those ‘frontline’ NHS staff and associated services who had …

“Guests of Napoleon” – some British Army prisoners at Givet in France, 1805-14 During the Napoleonic Wars, something between 20,000 to 25,000 British military and naval personnel were held as …

A scratch artillery battery in the Sudan – M/1 at Tamaai “M” Battery of the 1st Brigade, Royal Artillery, had spent a long but peaceful time in India when it …

How to capture a town : A Distinguished Service Medal for Mesopotamia. The Distinguished Service Medal was one of the new bravery medals like the Military Cross and the Military …