Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: 2nd Lieutenant A. L. Gibson, Rifle Brigade, late Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps

British War Medal 1914-20 (2 Lieut.); Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, G.V.R. (R.S.M., Ceylon Planters Rifle Corps) minor contact marks, very fine and better (2) £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to The Rifle Brigade and Affiliated Regiments from the collection formed by Michael Haines.

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Archibald Leslie Gibson, who was born in September 1877, was educated at Winchester College, which establishment he represented at Lords on several occasions between 1894-96. Then following a year or two in Russia, he became a tea planter in Ceylon, and served for many years in the local Rifle Corps. Gibson served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion, Rifle Brigade between 1916-19.