Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private J. Williams, 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late Welsh Horse

Military Medal, G.V.R. (355943 Pte. J. Williams. 25/R. W Fus.) nearly extremely fine £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

John Williams originally attested for the Welsh Horse before being dismounted and transferred to the 25th (Montgomery and Welsh Horse Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. The battalion deployed to France on 7 June 1918, and Williams was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry in the final months of the War. His name appears in the weekly Casualty List on 29 October 1918; it is probably therefore that he was wounded in his M.M.-gaining exploits. He was discharged on 6 March 1919.