INDIA GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895 TO A PRIVATE IN THE GORDON HIGHLANDERS WHO WAS WOUNDED IN ACTION DURING THE TIRAH CAMPAIGN

INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1895-1902, 3 CLASPS, RELIEF OF CHITRAL 1895, PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98, TIRAH 1897-98 ‘4571 PTE. R. J. JOHNSON 1ST. BN. GORD. HIGHRS.’

Robert James Johnson was born in Gateshead, County Durham, in 1873 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 7 September 1892. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 5 February 1895 to 7 December 1899, and saw active service during the Relief of Chitral Expedition in 1895, and subsequently with the Tirah Expeditionary Force, and was slightly wounded by gun shot to the right leg on 12 December 1897, during the Bagh to Barkai march.

Johnson subsequently served in South Africa during the Boer War from 8 December 1899 to 8 September 1902 (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, and Belfast; and the King’s South Africa Medal with the usual two date clasps). He transferred to the Army Reserve on 4 March 1903, and was discharged on 6 September 1908, after 16 years’ service.

Condition VF, small EK or better. Sold with copied record of service and medal roll extracts.