Pair: Major J. C. Paterson, 5th Battalion Cameronians, late 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteer Corps

Territorial Decoration, E.VII.R., hallmarks for London 1909, complete with brooch bar; Volunteer Force Long Service, E.VII.R. (Capt. J. C. Patterson, 1/Lanark. V.R.C.); together with a 1st Lanarkshire Rifle Volunteers’ Prize Medal, 36 x 21mm., gold, 5.11g., obverse inscribed, ‘D. Coy. 1st L.R.V.’, reverse inscribed, ‘Section Prize won by Corp. J. C. Paterson 1890’, second with slight edge bruise, good very fine (3) £200-250

Territorial Decoration London Gazette 6 September 1910

James Cowan Paterson, the son of David and Agnes Paterson, was a native of Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland, where he was born circa 1866. James was a long serving member of the Volunteer Force and later the Territorial Force through which he rose through the ranks (he was first commissioned Second Lieutenant, 4 March 1896) serving throughout with the same unit, 1st Lanarkshire Volunteer Rifles Corps, which was later restyled as 5th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). By profession James was a Chartered Accountant (he had qualified as C.A. sometime prior to 1891). Captain and Honorary Major James Cowan Paterson T.D., 5th Battalion The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) died at his home, 25 Sutherland Avenue, Maxwell Park, Glasgow, Scotland, on 12 April 1933, at the age of 60 years. With copied notes.