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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 556

A Great War M.S.M. group of five awarded to Private R. J. Ellis, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who served attached to the 1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment

1914 Star, clasp (8253 Pte. R. J. Ellis. 2/R. W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (355991 Pte. R. J. Ellis. R. W. Fus.); Imperial Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Robert John Ellis); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (8253 Pte. R. J. Ellis. 2/R. W. Fus.), good very fine (50

M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919, whilst attached to the 1/6th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.

I.S.M. London Gazette 19 October 1945.

Robert John Ellis, a native of Bangor, Wales, appears to have enlisted in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in 1904-05 and served in France from 13 August 1914. He was granted home leave in November 1915 as recalled by the North Wales Chronicle. Having earned the M.S.M. and an I.S.M. for his services as a Postman in Bangor, he died in 1969; sold together with his Driving Proficiency Medal, named to the reverse.

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Sold for
£580

Starting price
£220