Imperial Service Medal, GVIR 1st type bust awarded to Sydney Edward Mountcastle in the London Gazette of 30th September 1838 whilst employed as a Head Porter of the London Postal Region.
Imperial Service Medal, GVIR 1st type bust; (SYDNEY EDWARD MOUNTCASTLE.) mounted on a pin for wear
Condition: mounted on a pin for wear, Good Very Fine
Sydney Edward Mountcastle was born in October 1878, in Islington, London, England his father Alexander Mountcastle was 49 and his mother Amelia Mitchell was 34. He married Mary Elizabeth Irving in July 1907, in Carlisle, Cumberland. They were the parents of at least one son.
Working for the London Postal Region, Mountcastle was awarded the Imperial Service Medal in the London Gazette of 30th September 1938 whilst employed as a Head Porter.
He died on 26th April 1957 in Brixham, Torbay, Devon.