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The Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of five awarded to Quartermaster and Captain T. Barradell, Royal Army Medical Corps
Military Cross, G.V.R., rev. engraved, ‘For gallantry and devotion to duty Captain T. Barradell, R.A.M.C.(T.), March 1918’; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., 1/1st N. Mid. F.A.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Q.M. & Capt.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (7 Sjt., 1/N. Mid. F.A. R.A.M.C.) fine and better (5) £800-900
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.
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M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919. ‘Qr-Mr. & Capt. Thomas Barradell, 1st N. Mid. Fd. Amb., att. 1/1st (North’bn.) Fd. Amb., R.A.M.C., T.F.’
M.I.D. not confirmed.
Served in France/Flanders, December 1916-May 1918. Serving on the Aisne he suffered gas poisoning on 26 May 1917. He was admitted to No.37 C.C.S. and then sent to No.8 General Hospital. He was invalided to England in May the following year and was sent to the Fazakerley Hospital, Liverpool for treatment. He was demobilized on 30 August 1919 and in 1920 resigned his commission on his departure to Canada. Sold with copied service papers.
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