County: Northumberland
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 12/06/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold medal & albert, suitably inscribed, to:
Volunteer Active Service Company, Northumberland Fusiliers ["I" Company, 1st V.B.N.F.] –
7545 Sergeant Ralph COMPTON
Presentation made by Dr Murray, at Swinburne Castle
Obverse with the crest of the Northumberland Fusiliers; reverse with a suitable inscription.
Sergeant Compton received a second medal from the inhabitants of Corbridge.
Hexham Courant, 15/06/1901
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Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 13th June 1901
COLWELL.
The inhabitants of the Colwell district assembled on Wednesday night at Swinburne Castle to celebrate the return from South Africa of Sergt. Ralph COMPTON, of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and to present him with a gold albert and medal and a purse of gold. Dr Murray, of Swinburne Castle, made the presentation. Sergt. COMPTON feelingly replied.
Hexham Courant, 15th June 1901
....... enough money was soon collected to purchase a gold albert and a gold medal, the money having been most willingly contributed by the inhabitants of the immediate district. The medal bore on one side the crest of the Northumberland Fusiliers, and on the other side a suitable inscription.
