Nice pics! i would have otherwise nover seen these medals!
Thankyou.
One question i find rather Intriuging is for Pte William Dowling, it states that his VC was for acts of gallantry in 1857, and then there is the WWI trio of medals he was awarded...hmmm, he would have been in his late seventies when WWI was happening ( this is assuming he was at least 20 years old in 1857) and i am sure that Britain was not allowing men of that advanced year fighting in the trenches!
I will to the best of my ability clear this up. If the group is right it's exceptional with a capital F. As it's bank holiday weekend give me some time.
Originally posted by notned
Hi Jim,
Nice pics! i would have otherwise nover seen these medals!
Thankyou.
One question i find rather Intriuging is for Pte William Dowling, it states that his VC was for acts of gallantry in 1857, and then there is the WWI trio of medals he was awarded...hmmm, he would have been in his late seventies when WWI was happening ( this is assuming he was at least 20 years old in 1857) and i am sure that Britain was not allowing men of that advanced year fighting in the trenches!
One question i find rather Intriuging is for Pte William Dowling, it states that his VC was for acts of gallantry in 1857, and then there is the WWI trio of medals he was awarded...hmmm, he would have been in his late seventies when WWI was happening ( this is assuming he was at least 20 years old in 1857) and i am sure that Britain was not allowing men of that advanced year fighting in the trenches!
Dowling died on 17 February 1887. He was 32 when he received the VC.
That group is likely that of Maj. Herbert A. Carter VC. His VC was won in 1903 during the Fourth Somaliland Expedition, which fits with the Africa General Service Medal. His is the only other VC at the DCLI Museum you didn't show, other than another for the Mutiny. Carter was KIA in 1916.
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