Four: Acting Corporal T. Leyland, South Lancashire Regiment

1914-15 Star (1218 Pte., S. Lan. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1218 A. Cpl., S. Lan. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (1218 Pte., 6/S. Lan. R.) good very fine and better (4) £140-180

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

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M.S.M. London Gazette 22 September 1919. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Mesopotamia’.

Thomas Leyland was born in St. Helens. A Collier by occupation, he attested for the South Lancashire Regiment on 2 September 1914, aged 40 years, 10 months, having previously served in the 3rd South Lancashire Militia for 8 years. He entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 5 December 1914 but gained his M.S.M. for services with the regiment in Mesopotamia. He was discharged to the ‘Z’ Class Reserve on 12 April 1919. Sold with copied research.