A Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

Three: Lieutenant F. J. T. Murdoch, 8th (Ardwick) Battalion Manchester Regiment - wounded 3rd battle of Krithia, 4 June 1915

1914-15 Star (2 Lieut., Manch. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) nearly very fine (3) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Frederick James Templeton Murdoch was born in Mansourah, Egypt on 24 October 1891. As a 2nd Lieutenant in the 8th (Ardwick) Battalion Manchester Regiment, he entered the Egypt theatre of war on 24 April 1915. Serving with them in Gallipoli, he was seriously wounded at the 3rd Battle of Krithia, 4 June 1915. Returning to England, no longer fit for war service, he was seconded for duty with the Ministry of Munitions in December 1915. Promoted to Lieutenant in June 1916. He left the Army after the war and in 1920 his address was the British Consular Agency, Mansourah, Egypt. With the start of the Second World War, he obtained a Regular Army Emergency Commission as a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers in September 1939. On 24 October 1943 he relinquished his commission on account of ill health and was granted the honorary rank of Captain. With copied research.