Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private S. M. Riches, Norfolk Regiment and Machine Gun Corps

British War and Victory Medals (964 Pte. S. M. Riches. Norf. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (964. Pte. S. M. Riches. Norf. R.) generally very fine (3) £300-£400

Approximately 187 other ranks Territorial Force War Medals awarded to the Norfolk Regiment.

Sidney Maurice Riches was born at Kirstead, Norfolk, on 5 January 1894, and attested for the 6th (Cyclist) Battalion, Norfolk Regiment (Territorial Force) on 6 March 1913. He served with the British Expeditionary Force during the Great War on the Western Front form 26 July 1916, and was posted to the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment on 12 August of that year. He transferred to the 15th Company, Machine Gun Corps on 30 November 1916, and was discharged on 12 November 1919, being awarded a Silver War Badge no. 520,275. He died in April 1974.

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