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QSA (2) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg (3490 Pte. A. Accleton, East Kent Regt.)

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QSA (2) Cape Colony, Orange Free State (5894 Pte. F. Coleman, E. Kent Regt.);
KSA (2) (5894 Pte. F. Coleman. E. Kent Regt.);
Imperial Service Medal, GVI 1st issue (Frederick Coleman) naming officially re-impressed;
TFEM GV (265056 Sjt:-A.C.S. Mjr:- F. S. Coleman. Kent Cyc: Bn:);
Service Medal of the Order of St John, silvered base metal (18150 Ct./Off. F. S. C. Coleman. Rochester Ct. Div. No. 8 Dis. S.J.A.B. 1938)

These are Lewis' actual medals which are at the National Army Museum. Previous post of a DNW listing had something built around a renamed SAGS.

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MV GV reverse engraved (CAPT. W. T. JOHNSTON, 1ST BATTN. THE BUFFS, 19TH SEPT 1918);
QSA (4) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (4638 Cpl. W. JOHNSTON, E. KENT R.);
KSA (2) (4638 Serjt W. JOHNSTON, E. KENT R.);
1914-15 Star (2/ LIEUT. W. T. JOHNSTON, E. KENT. R.);
British War Medal (CAPT. W. T. JOHNSTON);
Victory Medal AN UNNAMED ORIGINAL MEDAL;
Army LS&GC GV (4638 C. SJT. W. T. JOHNSTON, E. KENT REGt.).

Military Cross London Gazette 8 March, 1919.

In the Regimental History, in the chapter named The Grant Result, 1st Bn. - St. Quentin - September, 1918, it states:

On the 19th the two more forward of the composite battalions were ordered to attack at dawn, but the Germans evidently anticipated this move, for they opened a very heavy artillery and machine-gun barrage before the attackers had even started. Fighting went on through the day, the Buffs having seventeen more casualties; but no success crowned the British effort, and it became evident enough that the Germans were making a real stand and not merely fighting a rear guard action. Indeed, it was very noticeable all along the line how the opposition to our advance increased the nearer to the Hindenburg Line we penetrated. Everybody had now experienced heavy fighting and some battalions had suffered heavy loss, and so it was determined to remain comparatively quiet for a day of two and to prepare the way for another regular attack by means of a proper artillery preliminary work. About this time the officer commanding received a petition, signed by thirty men, asking that the gallantry of their company commander might be recognised by the authorities. Captain W. T. Johnston was the officer concerned, and he was awarded the Military Cross.

William Thomas Johnston served in the ranks of the Buffs in South Africa during the Boer War and was awarded the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1913. He received a commission into the Buffs following the outbreak of hostilities and served in France with the 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment from 30 Nov 1915. The award of his MC came about as a result of his actions near St. Quentin in 1918 and The Dragon (The paper for men of the Buffs) reveals that in 1919 he was stationed in at the castle in Dublin. He relinquished his commission in May 1920 and made a Life Member of The Buffs, Past and Present Association.

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QSA (3) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Transvaal (2831 Sgt. T. Groombridge. E. Kent Regt.);
KSA (2) (2831 Serjt: J. Groombridge. E. Kent Regt.);
1914-15 Star (SR-463 S. Mjr. T. Groombridge. E. Kent R.);
British War and Victory Medals (SR-463 W.O. Cl. 1. T. G. Groombridge. E. Kent R.);
Army LS&GC Ed VII (2831 C. Sjt. T. Groombridge, E. Kent R.)

Thomas George Groombridge was born at New Brompton, Chatham, Kent, in 1871 and enlisted into the Buffs on 26 February 1889, being posted to the 2nd Battalion. He had risen to the rank of Sergeant by August 1894 and was transferred to Army Reserve on 11 February 1899. Recalled on 4 December later that year, he was posted to the 2nd Battalion and served in South Africa from 22 December 1899 to 22 May 1900, and from 31 August 1901 to 20 March 1902. He was then posted to the 1st Battalion for service in Burma, April to December 1902, and then in India until November 1903 when he was posted to the 3rd Battalion. He was promoted to Colour-Sergeant on 16 May 1905 and discharged to pension on 25 February 1910.

He re-attested from the Special Reserve on 12 September 1914, and was appointed acting Sergeant-Major in the 8th Battalion. Promoted to Company Sergeant-Major on 24 September 1914, and to Regimental Sergeant-Major in August 1915, he landed in France on 31 August 1915, with the 24th Division. Groombridge was RSM of the 8th Battalion at the battle of Loos, 26 September 1915, with 72nd Brigade attacking the German second line near Chalk Pit where they suffered 558 casualties including 24 officers. Posted back to the U.K. on 10 December 1915, he was posted to the 9th Battalion and then to Training Reserve in September 1916. He was discharged on 21 December 1917, diagnosed with neurasthenia and ‘being no longer physically fit for war service under para 392 of King’s Regulations. He was awarded Silver War Badge No. 294713.

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IGS 1895 (2) Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3496 Pte. J. Page, 1st Bn. East Kent Regt.);
QSA (4) Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Transvaal (3496 Pte. J. Page, East Kent Regt.);
KSA (2) (3496 Pte. J. Page, E. Kent Regt.).