Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal E. Bryan, Cheshire Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (61401 L.Cpl. E. Bryan. 15/Ches: R.) heavily polished, contact marks, fine £140-£180

M.M. London Gazette 30 October 1917.

Edward Bryan was born in Levenshulme, Lancashire, in 1893. He attested at Stockport for the Cheshire Regiment on 10 March 1914, serving in France with the 6th Battalion from 10 November 1914. Awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 15th Battalion, his Army Service Record notes that he was gassed on 10 November 1917 and returned home soon thereafter. Decorated with his MM at Chester on 17 February 1918, Bryan was discharged surplus to military requirements on 5 February 1919.