Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. Thomson, Royal Field Artillery, later Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, Territorial Army

Military Medal, G.V.R. (645111 Sjt: W. Thomson. 51/D.A.C. R.F.A. -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (117. Cpl. W. Thomson. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (117 Sjt. W. Thomson. R.A.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5944338 Cpl. W. Thomson. 5-Bedf. & Herts. R.) pitting from Star, nearly very fine (5) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918.

William Thomson attested for the Royal Field Artillery at Largs, Ayrshire, and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 May 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal whilst serving as a Sergeant with the 51st Division Ammunition Column, most likely for gallantry either at Cambrai or at the Houthulst Forest in October 1917. He subsequently joined the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Army), and was awarded his Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 491 of November 1921.

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