Orders, Decorations and Medals

Papers, Letters and Photographs relating to Private Fred Hartley, M.M., Machine Gun Corps, late 16/17th Lancers, includes Certificate of Transfer to Reserve; letters to his mother (4) - two for 1915; forwarding slip for the 1914 Star; Nelson Corporation, Cleansing Department Identity Card; Borough of Nelson slips relating to his wartime Civil Defence duties (4); photographs (18) including two on horseback in full uniform, varied condition (lot) £40-50

Fred Hartley was born in 1886 and enlisted into the 16th Lancers on 14 September 1908. With the 17th Lancers he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 8 November 1914. Transferring to the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry) in February 1916, he was later awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 10 September 1918). He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 3 March 1919. In addition to the M.M. he was awarded the 1914 Star, British War and Victory Medals. During the Second World War he was employed by the Borough of Nelson as a Fire Guard in the Civil Defence - his address at the time being ‘145 Every Street, Nelson’.