Wrightson / Dains medal - King Edward VI Chelmsford CCF

[Expat Yeoman]

The Lucas Tooth thread reminded me of another award in Essex - King Edward VI School Chelmsford Cadet Corps / CCF was another unit to award prize medals to members of the contingent.

1. The Ernest Wrightson Medal

Corporal Ernest Wrightson of the Eastern Province Horse was an old boy of the school. He died on the 8th August 1900 as a result of wounds received in action in May 1900.

The following year his father offered the school a bronze medal to be awarded annually in honour of his son, along with funding for the bequest. The Wrightson award was to be presented to the “most honourable boy” in the school as voted by his peers.

From 1909 the medal was awarded for Shooting and Drill and from 1923 the award was for Shooting only.

The obverse of the medal features the School Arms, the reverse engraved with the following:

(1) The Ernest Wrightson Medal for Honour
(2) unconfirmed but presumably The Ernest Wrightson Medal for Shooting and Drill
(3) The Ernest Wrightson Medal for Shooting

Along with the recipient's name and the year of the award.