Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private E. Dale, West Riding Regiment
Military Medal, G.V.R. (241045 Pte. E. Dale. 5/W. Rid: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (241045 Pte. E. Dale. W. Rid. R.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private E. Dale, Lincolnshire Regiment, who died of wounds in Gallipoli on 10 August 1915
1914-15 Star (13577 Pte. E. Dale. Linc: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (13577 Pte. E. Dale. Linc. R.) nearly extremely fine

Pair: Private E. Dale, Lincolnshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 4 August 1916
1914-15 Star (11786 Pte. J. Dale. Linc: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (11786 Pte. J. Dale. Linc. R.) nearly extremely fine (6) £240-£280

M.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918.

Edwin Dale attested for the West Riding Regiment and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War, being awarded the Military Medal.

Ernest Dale, brother of the above, was born in Belton, Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Epworth, Lincolnshire. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in Gallipoli from 18 July 1915, and died of wounds there on 10 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

John Dale, brother of the above, was born in Belton, Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Scunthorpe. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1915, and died of wounds there on 4 August 1916. He is buried in Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension, France.