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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.

picture courtesy of the London Medal Company

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.