Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (S-18900 S.Q.M. Sjt. M. Orton, A.S.C.) nearly extremely fine £100-£140

Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, March 2002.

M.S.M. London Gazette 12 March 1917.

Mark Orton was twice Mentioned in Despatches for services in Egypt and Palestine (London Gazette 1 December 1916 and 14 June 1918). He died in Egypt of complications brought on by Malaria, 4 December 1918, and is buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery.