Lieutenant George Henry Osborne
AA Det. & 100th Heavy Battery, Royal
Garrison Artillery
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Military Cross
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1914 Star &
Clasp
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Medalla de la
Solidaridad, Panama*
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Ex-BSM 3279 RGA. Commissioned as Second Lieutenant
12/12/1919. Resident at Platte Saline House, Alderney.
Husband of Marie Adelaide Le Cornu.
Military Cross citation, London Gazette
no.29713, 17/12/1920:
3279 by. S./M. George Henry Osborne,
R.G.A.
For conspicuous and consistent gallantry
when his battery has been heavily shelled.
He has set a fine example.
Panama Solidarity medal (Bronze,
3rd Class) was confirmed awarded in LG 31783, 13/02/1920.
*The Republic of Panama joined the Great
War in 1917, and its active participation was limited,
but in 1918 it did issue this medal to express its solidarity
with the other Allies' armed forces and what the medal
calls "la guerra del derecho", `the war of
justice'. It was awarded in gold to commanders-in-chief
of the Allied armies, in silver to generals and senior
officers, and in bronze, albeit silvered bronze as this
example makes clear, for other ranks. Awards of this
medal made to British soldiers were recorded in The
London Gazette; it appears that only a hundred medals
or so were given to each Allied country, so the number
even of bronzes must have been quite small.
Awarded: To members of Allied forces
during Panama's participation in WW1 (having declared
war on Germany on 7 April 1917).
Grades: 3 (Gold, Silver and Bronze).
![George Henry Osborne](pix/osborne-gh2.jpg)
George Henry Osborne on the right