Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. awarded to Serjeant E. J. Girling, Royal Field Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (58534 Sjt., 68/By. R.F.A.) good very fine £220-260

Edward Joseph Girling was born in Rochester, Kent and enlisted at Chatham. Serving in the Royal Field Artillery, he was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 11 November 1916)as a Serjeant in 68 Battery R.F.A. He was killed in action on 16 September 1917, aged 25 years, whilst serving with "A” Battery, 14th Brigade R.F.A. He was buried in the Noex-les-Mines Communal Cemetery Extension.