Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Gunner H. G. Wheeler, Honourable Artillery Company Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (625294 Gnr. H. G. Wheeler. H.A.C. -Art.-); together with an H.A.C. cap badge, extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Henry George Wheeler was born at Kilburn, Middlesex, on 25 February 1892 and enlisted as a gunner into ‘B’ Battery, Honourable Artillery Company at Armoury House on 25 October 1915. He served with the H.A.C. Artillery during the Great War in the Egyptian theatre of war from 23 May 1917; as part of the 19th R.H.A. Brigade Desert Column, later renamed the Australian Mounted Division, he served with the unit throughout the Sinai and Palestine campaigns, and was present at the Third Battle of Gaza, in particular the Capture of Beersheba on 31 October 1917. He was discharged on 10 May 1919, and was granted the Freedom of London on 17 February 1921.

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