Orders, Decorations and Medals

Five: Private J. Harden, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3575 Pte. J. Harden, 2nd Bn. K.O. Sco. Bord.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3575 Pte. J. Harden, K.O. Scot. Bord.); 1914-15 Star (7525 Pte. J. Harden, K.O. Sco. Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (7525 Pte. J. Harden, K.O.S.B.), the first with slack suspension claw and part-wired clasp rivets, otherwise generally very fine (5) £300-350

James Harden first entered the French theatre of war in early December 1914, as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, and was therefore likely present in his unit’s front line actions in tenches north of the Wulverghem-Messines road and at St. Jans Capple in the last two weeks of that month - actions that resulted in around 230 casualties; his MIC entry reveals later service in the Highland Light Infantry and that his awards were sent to him at Craigneuk, Wishaw, Scotland.