"The services; Cameron veteran at Montrose," Inverness Courier, Jan. 31, 1908, p. 3e.
 
"Sergeant William Nairn, Montrose, late of the Cameron Highlanders, and Highland Light Infantry, has been presented with the medal which accompanies the annuity of £10 granted as a reward for long and highly meritorious services, including the Crimean and Indian Mutiny campaigns. The presentation was formally made at a public ceremony."