Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, N.W. Persia (89009 Pte. M. Riley. Manch. R.) edge nicks, very fine £100-£140

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

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Michael Riley was born in Manchester in 1893 and enlisted for the Manchester Regiment for the duration of the War on 10 July 1915 and served in France with the 1st Battalion, being wounded and for his service received the British War and Victory Medals. Following the Great War he transferred to 2nd Battalion and served in Iraq and Persia, before moving to India. He returned to the U.K. and was discharged at Preston on 4 November 1923. He died on 8 December 1933.

Sold with copied service papers.