Lot 883
A BISLEY SHOOTING MEDAL AWARDED TO Sgt H.S.Green.
A Bisley medal in the form of a cross with ribbon tied crests representing Oxford and Cambridge, engraved to the reverse 'Bisley 1904, Oxford & Cambridge Long Range Match, Sgt H.S. Green Trin Coll Camb.' In Munsey & Co case of issue, and an Oxford University Award, the shield shaped crest beneath Prince of Wales feathers and initials O.U.S.B.C. and bars dated 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903 in R.S. Rowell Case of Issue. It seems likely that the first was presented to Horace Salkeld Green who became a Major (acting Lt Col.) in the 7th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment, he is recorded as being mentioned in dispatches and killed in action 20th September 1917 aged 34, he is buried at Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium.
