A scarce ‘North Russia’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. Elliott, Yorkshire Regiment, late Labour Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (34069 Pte. J. Elliott. 13/York. R.); British War and Victory Medals (26548 Pte. J. Elliott. Labour Corps.) court mounted for display, edge digs, contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3) £600-£800

M.M. London Gazette, 22 January 1920.

James Elliott, a Junior Clerk from Newcastle upon Tyne, was born around April 1899. He attested into the Durham Light Infantry on 3 March 1917, for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front with the 45th Company, Labour Corps, from 13 March 1917. He saw later service with the 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment before transferring into the 13th Battalion, with whom he served in North Russia from 28 November 1918. Awarded the Military Medal, he was discharged ‘Class Z’ on 26 November 1919.

Sold with a copied photographic image of the recipient, cap badge, shoulder titles, and copied research.