Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Quartermaster Serjeant J. A. Watson, Dorset Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (1240 Sgt. A. Watson, 1st Bn. Dorset Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (1240 C. Serjt. J. A. Watson, Dorset Regt.) note initials, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (2) £160-200

Albert John Watson was born in Margate, Kent. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Dorsetshire Regiment at Rochester on 6 October 1884, aged 18 years, 3 months. Served overseas in the Mediterranean, March-December 1885; Egypt, December 1885-August 1886; Mediterranean, February 1888-July 1889; Egypt, July 1889-September 1893; and India, September 1893-January 1906. Promoted to Corporal, March 1889; Serjeant, October 1891; Colour Serjeant, October 1900 and Quartermaster Serjeant in January 1906 - serving with the permanent staff of the 3rd Battalion. Discharged in 1912 at the termination of his second period of service. With copied service papers and other research.