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BEM GV for Meritorious Service, Civil Division (William J. Graham.);
IGS 1895 (3) Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4173 Pte. W. Graham 1st Bn. Gord: Highrs.), wire ring between first and second clasps, private rivets between second and third clasps;
QSA (5) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittbergen (4173 Pte. W. Graham. Gordon Highrs:);
KSA (2) (4173 Pte. W. Graham. Gordon Highrs:);
Imperial Service Medal (William Jeffrey Graham.)

BEM London Gazette 1 February 1937.

ISM London Gazette 22 June 1937.

William Jeffrey Graham was born in 1874 at Mottingham, London and joined the Gordon Highlanders at Aberdeen on 6 April 1892.

Having served in India and South Africa, Graham was discharged on 3 April 1904 and latterly became Chief Officer of the Borstal Institution at Portland.

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QSA (1) Natal (220 Cpl J.S. Turner Gordon Highrs);
Territorial Force Efficiency Medal Ed VII (119 Sjt J.S. Turner 14/(C. of L.) B. Lon Regt)

QSA confirmed on WO100/203p450

Warwick and Warwick give is QSA number as 8220 but the roll has 220.

There was strong bidding on the pair to Corporal Turner. It sold for a hammer price of £850. Totals (inc VAT on the commission for the UK only): £1,054. R20,400. Au$1,770. Can$1,570. US$1,220

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Described as:

QSA 7 clasps CC, Paarde, Drief, Johann, Belfast, SA01, SA02 (4574 Pte J. Johnson Gordon Highrs), GVF, (no rivets between Belfast and SA01). Roll confirms clasps

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IGS 1895 (3) Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, second and third clasps unofficially affixed as usual (3783 Pte. F. Wheatley 1st Bn. Gord. Highrs.);
QSA (5) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg, Belfast (3783 Pte. F. Wheatley. Gordon Highrs.) suspension bar somewhat bent and re-soldered at each end;
KSA (2) (3783 Pte. F. Wheatley. Gordon Highrs.)

Frederick Wheatley attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Aberdeen on 18 March 1891, age 18, having previously served with the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Yorkshire Light Infantry. He served in the Chitral Relief Expedition of 1895, and the subsequent operations on the Punjab Frontier and with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, and received a severe gunshot wound to the leg at the Malakand Pass on 3 April 1895 (LG 15 November 1895, refers.)

He was transferred to the Army Reserve in December 1898, but was recalled for service in the South African War, on 9 October 1899, and was again discharged to the Army Reserve in March 1903.

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[ IGS 1895 (1) Relief of Chitral 1895 ];
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (3224 Pte. W. Allan. Gordon Highrs:)

QSA (4) on WO100/203p197. Invalided.