Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Bandsman A. Watson, Royal Scots Fusiliers, late Royal Highlanders, killed in action in Gallipoli, 12 July 1915

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4915 Pte. A. Watson. Rl: Highrs:); British War Medal 1914-20 (7629 Pte. A. Watson. R. S. Fus.); with (2) Durand Football Challenge Prize Medals, obverse a building in forested mountain country around Simla, reverses inscribed, ‘Won by the 42nd Royal Highlanders The Black Watch 1897’, the edge additionally inscribed ‘A. Watson’, and ‘Won by the 42nd Royal Highlanders Bandsm A. Watson 1899’, both 56mm., silver, unmounted; and a Punjab-Bengal Army Football Association Prize Medal, obverse a football match surrounded by a laurel wreath, reverse inscribed ‘Pte. A. Watson’, last detached from suspension mount, minor edge bruising overall, very fine (5) £160-200

Alexander Watson was born in Dundee, and resided in Clydebank, Glasgow. He served as a Bandsman with the Royal Highlanders in India, before serving with the Regiment during the Second Boer War. He re-engaged for service with 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, and was killed in action in the Gallipoli theatre of war, 12 July 1915. Watson is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.