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A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal J. R. Sissons, 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, who died of wounds, France/Flanders 10 October 1918
Military Medal, G.V.R. (39279 Pte., 9/York. R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (39279 Pte., York. R.) good very fine (2)
£300-350
M.M. London Gazette 17 December 1917.
James Robert Sissons was born in and enlisted at York and came from Hungate. Serving with the 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment he gained the Military Medal. As a Lance-Corporal in the battalion he died of wounds on 10 October 1918. He was buried in the Roisel Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France. He was the son of Robert and Louisa Sissons of 3 Garden Court, Hungate, York. With copied casualty details and m.i.c.
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