Description
Delhi Durbar Medal 1911, contemporarily engraved: “No 4339 Pte J.W. Milne Manch Rgt.”
John William Milne, was born in Guildford Surrey, circa 1873, and first enlisted for service with the Manchester Regiment during 1894, having been a 21 year old Telegraph Clerk.
Medal entitlement from service papers;
“Queens South Africa, Clasps Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast. King’s South Africa 1901 and 1902
Coronation Durbar Delhi 12.12.1911.
He saw the following service:
“Home, 29th September 1894 – 17th Dec 1895
india, 18th Dec 1895 – 11th November 1897
Gibraltar, 18th Nov 1897 – 22nd Aug 1899
South Africa (Boer War service), 28th Aug 1899 – 5th Sept 1902
Home, 6th Sept 1902 -6th Dec 1903
Singapore, 7th Dec 1903 – 19th Dec 1904
India, 20th December 1904 – 26th August 1914.
France, 27th August 1914- 31st May 1917
Home, 1st June 1917 -24th Aug 1917.
Total service of 22 years 330 days.
