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The Royal Cypher w ithin the G arter and Crown over it. In each of the four comer* the Lion of England.
M Namur, 1695,” “ Gibraltar, 1704-5," “ Guadaloupe, 1759," " S t Lueia, 1778," " Corunna," " Bada|oi," " Salamanca," " Vlttorit,"
" 8L 8ebaitian," “ Ni*e," “ Penimula," “ Bladensburj," "W aterlo o," " A lm a ," " Inkerman," "Sevastopol,” " Abyssinia.”
" South Africa, 1879,” " Relief of Ladysmith," " South Africa, 1899-1902."
The Great War— 16 Battalions.— “ Le C ateau,” “ Retreat from Mons,” " Marne, 1914," " Aisne, 1914," “ Arm entiire*, 191. 4," 1 1 Ypret,
1915, '17," " G ravenstafel," " St. Julien," “ Frezenberg,” “ Bellewaarde," “ Festubert, 19x5," “ Loos," " Somme, 1916, ’18," “ Albert,
1916, ’18," " Bazentin,” “ D elville W ood,” “ Poztfres,” " Guillem ont," “ G in rliy," “ FlervC ou rrelette." " M orval," “ Le Transloy,”
" Ancre H eights," “ Ancre, 1916," " Arra*, 1917, '18,” " Scarpe. 1917, '18," " A rlru x," “ Messines, 1917," '* Pilckem ," " Menin Koad,”
“ Polvgon W ood," “ Broodseiude,” " Poelcappelle,” " Passchendaele." “ Cambrai, 1917. ' 18,M " St. Q uentin," " Lys," " Estaires,”
“ H azebrouck," “ B ith u n e ," “ Bapnuine, 1918," " Procourt-Qu^ant," " Hindenburg L in e," “ Canal du N o rd ," " S elle,"
" Valenciennes,” “ Sam bre,” “ France and Flanden, 1914-18," " S trum a," " Doiran, 1917, ’18," " Macedonia. 1915-18," “ S u v la ,"
* * Sari B a ir," " Gallipoli, 1915," " E gyp t, 1916," " Tigris, 1916," " K u t at Am ara, 1917," " B agh d ad ," *• Mesopotamia, 1916-18."
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