Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Corporal Andrew Douglas Livingstone, Malacca Volunteer Rifles; Gaoler, Penang Prison, Straits Settlements

Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Andrew Douglas Livingstone); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (No. 221 Corp. Andrew Livingstone, Malacca Vol. Rifles) good very fine (2) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Long Service Medals from the Collection formed by John Tamplin.

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I.S.M. London Gazette 15 July 1927. ‘Gaoler, Penang Prison, Straits Settlements’.

In civilian life, Andrew Douglas Livingstone was employed in the Straits Settlements Prison Service, being awarded the I.S.M. for his services in 1927. He also served in the Volunteers and was awarded the Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal for service with the Malacca Volunteer Rifles. The award cannot be traced in the gazette but is recorded in A History of the Singapore Volunteer Corps, by Captain T. M. Winsley. With copied research.