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A Great War '3rd Battle of Ypres' M.M. awarded to Sergeant E. A. Cradduck, Royal Army Medica...
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A Great War ‘3rd Battle of Ypres’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant E. A. Cradduck, Royal Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry in dressing and bringing in the wounded at Pilchem Ridge, 31 July to 2 August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (72277 Pte. A. E. Cradduck. 134/F.A. R.A.M.C.) edge bruise, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 October 1917. Edward Arthur Cradduck attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Chatham, Kent, on 21 October 1915, having previously served for four and a half years in the R.A.M.C. (Militia), and served with the 134th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front. Having been awarded the Military Medal ‘for gallantry in dressing and bringing in wounded at Pilchem Ridge, during the 3rd Battle of Ypres, 31 July to 2 August 1917’, he was injured on 16 September 1917 when, ‘leading transport along a rough road just before dawn, he tripped over a discarded cleaning rod of a machine gun, which stuck through his boot and into his foot’. Recovering, he was advanced Sergeant on 13 February 1919, and was discharged on 13 March 1920. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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A Great War ‘3rd Battle of Ypres’ M.M. awarded to Sergeant E. A. Cradduck, Royal Army Medical Corps, for his gallantry in dressing and bringing in the wounded at Pilchem Ridge, 31 July to 2 August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (72277 Pte. A. E. Cradduck. 134/F.A. R.A.M.C.) edge bruise, light contact marks, nearly extremely fine £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 18 October 1917. Edward Arthur Cradduck attested for the Royal Army Medical Corps at Chatham, Kent, on 21 October 1915, having previously served for four and a half years in the R.A.M.C. (Militia), and served with the 134th Field Ambulance during the Great War on the Western Front. Having been awarded the Military Medal ‘for gallantry in dressing and bringing in wounded at Pilchem Ridge, during the 3rd Battle of Ypres, 31 July to 2 August 1917’, he was injured on 16 September 1917 when, ‘leading transport along a rough road just before dawn, he tripped over a discarded cleaning rod of a machine gun, which stuck through his boot and into his foot’. Recovering, he was advanced Sergeant on 13 February 1919, and was discharged on 13 March 1920. Sold with copied record of service and other research.
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