WW1 MILITARY MEDAL GROUP GALLANTRY 1914 MONS STAR ROYAL ENGINEERS CASUALTY PHOTO

NICE ORIGINAL WORLD WAR ONE MILITARY MEDAL GROUP FOR BRAVERY IN THE FIELD AWARDED TO 22855 THOMAS HORN BUCKBY , CORPL ACTING SERGEANT ROYAL ENGINEERS. ALL CORRECT STYLE IMPRESSED NAMING MOUNTED AS WORN BY THE RECIPIENT. COMES WITH TWO NICE ORIGINAL PHOTOS OF THE OWNER. ONE OF HIM AS A YOUNGER MAN HAVING JUST JOINED AND THE OTHER WHICH SHOWS HIM TO BE WEARING HIS 1914 STAR RIBBON AND TWO WOUND STRIPES!

THE MEDALS HAVE HAD SOME RESEARCH DONE BY THE FAMILY WHICH COMES WITH THE MEDALS. THE MEDAL INDEX CARD CONFIRMS HIS ENTITLEMENT TO THE MM AND WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS.

ALL MEDALS SHOW HIM AS 22855. PLEASE NOTE THE SPELLING ON THE STAR AS BUCKLEY NOT BUCKBY A COMMON MISTAKE MADE BY THE PERSONS READING NAMING FROM THE MEDAL ROLLS. HE IS SHOWN AS GOING TO FRANCE ON 17TH AUGUST 1914 WITH THE 26 FIELD COMPANY RE (MEDAL CARD FOR 22855 BUCKLEY) ATTACHED TO THE 1ST DIVISION.

SO TOOK PART IN ALL THE EARLY BATTLES "RETREAT FROM MONS, ". HE WAS GAZETTED FOR THE MILITARY MEDAL ON 29TH AUGUST 1918 SO WAS MOST PROBABLY AWARDED FOR AN ACT OF GALLANTRY DURING THE BIG GERMAN ADVANCES IN MARCH APRIL OR MAY 1918.

HIS MILITARY MEDAL SHOWS HIM AS ACTING SERGEANT 231 FIELD COMPANY RE. ACCORDING TO THE FAMILY NOTES HE WAS BORN IN 1892 AND DIED IN 1956. THE MEDALS HAVE BEEN WORN WITH PRIDE AND SHOW SOME POLISHING AND CONTACT MARKS FROM THE STAR. AWARDED TO A BRAVE MAN WHO SAW THE WHOLE WAR THROUGH FROM START TO FINISH BEING TWICE WOUNDED.

100 % ORIGINAL UNTOUCHED GROUP. The item "WW1 MILITARY MEDAL GROUP GALLANTRY 1914 MONS STAR ROYAL ENGINEERS CASUALTY PHOTO" is in sale since Friday, February 26, 2016. This item is in the category "Collectables\Militaria\World War I (1914-1918)\Medals/ Ribbons". The seller is "oldcontemptible1418" and is located in St. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Type: Medals & Ribbons
Era: 1914-1945
Conflict: World War I (1914-1918)
Service: Army
Country/ Organization: Great Britain