County: Northumberland
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: 00/06/1901
Number issued: 1
Gold medal, to:
15th (Northumberland) Company, 5th Bn. Imperial Yeomanry –
3257 Trooper Thomas CAIRENS [Cairns] (of Berwick)
Presentation made by Mr James Lowes, at his home.
A gift from "the well-known Newcastle sportsman" Mr James Lowes.
"The medal bears an inscription to the effect that the medal was presented in token of the bravery of Trooper Cairns, as related by his comrades. ..... Trooper Cairns has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal, and a little luck may have made him a V.C."
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Berwickshire News, 2nd July 1901
NEWCASTLE PRESENTATION TO A BERWICK VOLUNTEER.
Trooper T. CAIRNS, Berwick, of the Imperial Yeomanry, who recently returned from the Front, has been made the recipient of a handsome gold medal by Mr James Lowes, the well-known Newcastle sportsman. Mr Lowes made the presentation at his place, in the presence of a large company of sporting gentlemen, and Trooper CAIRNS suitably acknowledged the gift. The medal bears an inscription to the effect that the medal was presented in token of the bravery of Trooper CAIRNS, as related by his comrades. Trooper CAIRNS, who was formerly in Berwick-upon-Tweed Rifles, has been recommended for the Distinguished Service Medal, and a little luck might have made him a V.C.
