Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant O. Johnson, Royal Horse Artillery

1914 Star, with clasp (40222 A. Bmbr. R. O. Johnson, R.H.A.), note initials; British War and Victory Medals (40222 Sjt. O. Johnson, R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (40222 Sjt. O. Johnson, R.H.A.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., robed bust, Territorial (749066 Sjt. O. Johnson, R.A.), generally very fine (5) £280-320

Osbourne Johnson, who was from Boscombe, Bournemouth, arrived in France on 15 November 1914, as an Acting Bombardier in ‘G’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery. He was awarded the M.S.M. in 1919 (London Gazette 18 January 1919, refers).