County: County Durham
Issued on: Return
Date of presentation: bef. 18/10/1902
Number issued: 1
Gold watch, albert & appendages, suitably inscribed, to:
41st (Hampshire) Company, 4th Bn. Imperial Yeomanry –
27185 Sergeant [Dr] William Alexander GORDON RUSSELL
Presentation made by Dr E.J. Ryan, in the Queen's Hotel, Wingate.
Note: included here because of the reference to "appendages", but it seems likely that only the watch was inscribed.
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Newcastle Evening Chronicle, 18th October 1902
An interesting gathering took place in the Queen’s Hotel, Wingate, on the occasion of a presentation to Dr W.A. GORDON RUSSELL, of Wingate, lately returned from the front. Major Vaux, D.S.O., presided, and the presentation of a handsome gold watch, albert, and appendages, suitably inscribed, was made by Dr E.J. Ryan.
