WW I and WW II Medal Group and photo - Brigadier J. R. S. Lough, CBE, DSO, MC, VD, 72nd Battalion CEF and Seaforth Highlanders of Canada. He was the Commanding Officer of the SH of C from 1935-1937. CEF Service File attached. The medals are: Distinguished Service Order, Miltary Cross, WW I War Medal, WW I Victory Medal, Defence Medal, Canadian Volunteer Service Medal (with overseas clasp), WW II War Medal, the Voluntary Decoration and the Colonial Auxiliary Long Service Medal. On rear: "SGTS MESS 95". Lt-Col. J. R. S. Lough, DSO, MC, VD, enlisted in 1906 in the Queen's Edinburgh Rifles and later served in the King's Royal Rifle Corps before coming to Canada. After a distinguished war service [in the 72nd Battalion, CEF], he joined the Seaforth Highlanders of Canada in 1920. He was second in command at the time of Lt-Col. Brock's death. Lt-Col. Lough received high praise from the Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, Canadian Scottish Regiment, Lt-Col. W. Bapty, who wrote in August, 1936: "You have set a high standard in the Seaforths and their present Commanding Officer is known as one of the best soldiers and the best Commanding Officer in the West."