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Long Service Medals
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Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sergt. Major Geo Grosset Mussoorie Vol R. Corps) very fine £300-£400 --- M.S.M. awarded 1896 with £10 Annuity. George Grosset was born in 1848 and attested for the 87th Foot in March 1866. Promoted Corporal in 1876, he served in India for a total of 35 years, and is recorded as being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal whilst an acting Sergeant-Major, late 26th Foot (Scottish Rifles). His M.S.M., together with a £10 Annuity paid by the Indian Government, is listed under Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps. He died in 1921. McInnes dates the M.S.M. as being presented to the recipient in 1909. He also cites another example, to Sergeant-Major A. Gorman, 1/Wiltshire Regiment, of a similar Victorian M.S.M. also issued in 1909 and listed under Mussoorie V.R.C. He received a £5 Annuity paid by the Indian Government.
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Meritorious Service Medal, V.R. (Sergt. Major Geo Grosset Mussoorie Vol R. Corps) very fine £300-£400 --- M.S.M. awarded 1896 with £10 Annuity. George Grosset was born in 1848 and attested for the 87th Foot in March 1866. Promoted Corporal in 1876, he served in India for a total of 35 years, and is recorded as being awarded the Meritorious Service Medal whilst an acting Sergeant-Major, late 26th Foot (Scottish Rifles). His M.S.M., together with a £10 Annuity paid by the Indian Government, is listed under Mussoorie Volunteer Rifle Corps. He died in 1921. McInnes dates the M.S.M. as being presented to the recipient in 1909. He also cites another example, to Sergeant-Major A. Gorman, 1/Wiltshire Regiment, of a similar Victorian M.S.M. also issued in 1909 and listed under Mussoorie V.R.C. He received a £5 Annuity paid by the Indian Government.
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