Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Captain W. M. Gartshore, Royal Horse Artillery, who was wounded in Palestine on 4 August 1916, and was Mentioned in Despatches
British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. M. Gartshore.) very fine

Victory Medal 1914-19 (2. Lieut H. G. H. Thorp) nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

William Moir Gartshore was educated at McGill University, Montreal, where he was a member of the 1911 American Football team. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force) on 2 October 1914, and served with “A” Battery, H.A.C., during the Great War in Egypt from 10 February 1916. Wounded in Palestine on 4 August 1916, he was advanced Captain and was Mentioned in General Sir E. H. H. Allenby’s Despatch of 23 October 1918 (London Gazette 22 January 1919). A forebear, also called William Moir Gartshore, had served as a Major with the 7th Fusiliers during the North West Rebellion in 1885.
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Henry Guy Hanning Thorp was born in Goole, Yorkshire, on 21 January 1895 and was educated at Haileybury College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 28 February 1915. He died of wounds received in action at No. 3 Casualty Clearing Station, Bailleul, on 13 March 1915, and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France.
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