County: Fife
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 29/07/1901
Number issued: 2
Gold badges of membership, to:
20th (Fife and Forfarshire Light Horse) Company, 6th Bn. Imperial Yeomanry –
Major [Captain] Jack GILMOUR
16th Lancers –
Lieutenant Harry GILMOUR
Presentation made by Mr P.L. Henderson (captain of the Lundin Golf Club), at Montrave House.
Dundee Courier, 30/07/1901 (includes drawings of the Gilmour brothers)
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The Scotsman, 30th July 1901
…… Lieutenant GILMOUR, in acknowledging the address said that the approval of his actions in the field at a critical time by his superior officers meant a very great deal to him and those gallant men whom he had the honour to lead. (Cheers). Another address was presented by the huntsmen of the Fife Foxhounds, and Captain and Lieutenant GILMOUR were decorated with gold badges of membership of the Lundin Golf Club by Mr P.L. Henderson, Edinburgh.
Dundee Courier, 30th july 1901
FROM THE GOLF CLUB.
Mr P.L. Henderson, captain of the Lundin Golf Club, presented, on behalf of the club, each of the young officers with a gold badge of membership. He mentioned they had done themselves the honour of electing Captain GILMOUR as their captain for the ensuing year. (Cheers).
Captain GILMOUR and Lieut. GILMOUR suitably replied, the latter remarking that the last time he played in a Lundin competition two years ago he won it with a hole to spare. (Applause).
