DrT Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 I would be really grateful if anyone knows anything about this 'medal'. A box of medals have been passed down through my late grandfather and they've been sitting in the loft for the last 30 years. This is the only one that I have been unable to find anything about. Compared to the other medals it seems a bit flimsy and lightweight!The person who I suspect was given this was in the 1st Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry and also had a Khedive's Star and Egypt MedalThank you very much for help.
Mervyn Mitton Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Dr.T - welcome to GMIC. I would suspect , since he held the Egypt Medal with Suakin Bar , that your medal is for an association of Christian comrades who fought in that Campaign. Purely a supposition on my part - but a possibility. Mervyn
paul wood Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 It is a badge of the International Order of the Good Templars. A society which promoted temperance. It is still inexistence today and has branches all over the world. Paul
DrT Posted July 3, 2015 Author Posted July 3, 2015 Thank you very much Mervyn and Paul for your welcome. I really appreciate your replies and thank you for identifying this.Tim
paul wood Posted July 3, 2015 Posted July 3, 2015 Tim,A most interesting group, I presume the first two are Metropolitan Police 1897 Jubilee and 1902 Coronation medals, they will be named and will have the division he served in. From those you should be able to find out quite a bit about his police career, we have good police specialists on this site.Paul
Mervyn Mitton Posted July 4, 2015 Posted July 4, 2015 Paul - I would still think there is a link with the Suakin campaign - maybe they set-up a branch to act as an old comrades assoc. ? Mervyn
DrT Posted July 5, 2015 Author Posted July 5, 2015 Hi Paul, the first two medals are indeed Metropolitan Police Coronation medals. I realised the Egypt medal would have an inscription around the edge but never realised that the police medals would. I asked my sister (she and the medals are in England-I'm in Australia) to have a look and she found PC J GUBBINS HDIV N and PC J GUBBINS HDIV on them. Thank you for that tip!Tim
james_harvey Posted August 22, 2015 Posted August 22, 2015 Hi there is no J Gubbins on the roll. There is a William Gubbins warrant number 73501 who joined 12/3/88 retired 17/6/08 who served H division and got the 1897 and 1902 medal. regards James
DrT Posted August 23, 2015 Author Posted August 23, 2015 Hi James, I really appreciate all the extra information you have supplied-it's very useful.I'm positive the William Gubbins you found is the right/same person;his name was James William Gubbins and from what I have found I assume he went under his middle name. Possibly as the medals were 'official' they were engraved with his first initial.I go by my middle name and often more formal documents (e.g. qualification certificates) have only my first name on whereas others may have my middle initial or both!Thank you again for looking this up-we did not realise he was in the poilice for twenty years.RegardsTim
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