Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. group of six awarded to Colour-Sergeant J. S. Hutchison, Highland Light Infantry, later Acting Lieutenant-Colonel, City of London Army Cadet Force

Military Medal, G.V.R. (4129 Pte. J. S. Hutchison. 9/H.L.I. -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (4129. Pte. J. S. Hutchison. High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (4129 C.Sjt. J. S. Hutchison. H.L.I.); Defence Medal; Cadet Forces Medal, G.VI.R. (A/Lt Col. J. S. Hutchison. M.M.) light contact marks, very fine and better (6) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of David Lloyd.

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M.M. London Gazette 20 October 1916

James Sim Hutchison was born in Govan on 5 July 1895 and attested for the Highland Light Infantry, serving with the 9th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 October 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the City of London Army Cadet Force on 25 November 1942, and was promoted Lieutenant on 1 September 1950. He was awarded his Cadet Forces Medal on 20 March 1951, whilst holding the acting rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and relinquished his commission on 1 January 1954, being granted the honorary rank of Major. He died at Northwood, Middlesex, on 9 July 1980.