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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 286

A scarce Salonica 1917 M.M. awarded to Lance Corporal S. Heritage, 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment, whose award probably stems from the bloody action at Barakli Jum'a, also being wounded in action

Military Medal, G.V.R. (15964 Pte. S. Heritage. 2/E. York: R.), very fine

Just 9 awards of the M.M. to the 2nd Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment during the Great War - the least of their eleven Battalions - from a total of 551 to the Regiment. Of these nine awards, 6 were for France & Flanders and 3 for Salonica.

M.M. London Gazette 26 March 1917 (Salonica).

Sidney Heritage was a native of Handsworth and served in the Balkans (2b - Gallipoli) from 7 October 1915. The unit were present for the heaviest action of the campaign, in the capture of Barakli Jum'a, a fortified village on the frontline on 31 October 1916. It seems likely he was wounded and that his award stemmed from this action, the report of his wounding appearing in the Sheffield Daily Telegraph on 8 January 1917. Heritage would have shared in the capture of the Ferdie and Essex Trenches in May 1917, was admitted to hospital with malaria in August 1917 and probably returned to the fold in order to share in the actions at Barakli and Kumli in October 1917. he was duly discharged '...surplus to military requirements (having suffered impairment since entry into the service)" during a period of War' in early 1919.

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£160