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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 554

A Great War Battle of the Somme M.M. awarded to Sergeant R. Bolton, 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, who subsequently added a Bar

Military Medal, G.V.R. (17222 Sjt. R. Bolton, 8/E. York R.), edge bruising and polished, nearly very fine

M.M. London Gazette 21 October 1916.

[Second Award Bar to M.M.] London Gazette 21 December 1916.

Richard Bolton arrived in France as a Lance-Corporal in the East Yorkshire Regiment in early October 1915.

Subsequently advanced to Sergeant, he was awarded the M.M. and Bar for his bravery in the 8th Battalion in 1916: both awards undoubtedly stemmed from the Battalion's gallant work in the battle of the Somme, where it participated in three major - and costly - actions. These comprised the attack on the enemy line between Longueval and Bazentin-le-Grand on 14 July 1916 (459 casualties); the attack on Arrow Head Copse on 18 August 1916 (170 casualties), and the attack on Serre on 13 November 1916 (235 casualties).

Bolton was discharged in February 1919; sold with copied research.


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