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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 149

The Great War M.M. awarded to Acting Lance-Corporal A. Jones, 6th Battalion, King's Shropshire Light Infantry

Military Medal, G.V.R. (16578 A. L. Cpl. A. Jones. 6/Shrops: L.I.), good very fine

Provenance:
Purchased January 1977.

M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.

Arthur Jones was a native of Wem, Shropshire and served in France from 23 July 1915. He is understood to have won his M.M. during the attack on Eagle Trench during the Battle of Menin Road Ridge in September 1917. Jones then transferred to the 7th Tank Corps (No. 305615).

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£240

Starting price
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