Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant-Drummer J. Adair, Scots Guards

Coronation 1911, silver, unnamed as issued; Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sjt. Dr. J. Adair. Scots Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting from Star, nearly very fine (3) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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John Adair served with the Scots Guards as a Sergeant-Drummer and was present with the Regiment in Egypt (entitled to Medal with clasp Tel-el-Kebir ); in South Africa (entitled to Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Belmont, Modder River, and Orange Free State; and King’s South Africa Medal with 2 clasps). He became Yeoman Warder at the Tower of London on 24 January 1903, and was the first Yeoman Warder to wear the two medals for the Boer War. He was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, and also the Meritorious Service Medal by Army Order 242 of 1926.

Sold together with a photographic image of the recipient.

Note: The location of Sergeant-Drummer Adair’s other medals is unknown, and his Meritorious Service Medal included in this lot has previously appeared for sale as a single medal.