Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal H. F. Tallent, Essex Regiment, who suffered from shell shock, a gunshot wound and a broken leg during the course of his service

Military Medal, G.V.R. (43623 Pte.-L.Cpl. H. F. Tallent. 1/Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (43623 A.Cpl. H. F. Tallent. Essex R.) the MM extremely fine, the pair very fine (3) £280-£340

M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

Henry Francis Tallent attested for the 1st Battalion, Essex Regiment, on 19 September 1914. A motor scout, his Army Service Record notes service overseas with the British Expeditionary Force from 31 July 1916 to 22 November 1917, but this was curtailed upon receiving a gunshot wound to the left foot which necessitated removal to the University War Hospital, Southampton. Returned to the Western Front from 26 May 1918 to 12 October 1918, Tallent was decorated with the Military Medal before returning to hospital suffering with a fractured fibula. He was finally discharged in March 1919, his home address given as 21 Madeleine Road, Petersfield.