Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private H. Charlesworth, 19th London Regiment

British War Medal (6052 Pte., 19-Lond. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (612345 Pte., 1/19 Lond. R.) battalion officially corrected to last, edge bruising, otherwise very fine (2) £100-130

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 1 December 1918. (The first M.S.M. to be awarded to the 19th London Regiment).

Harold Charlesworth enlisted on the 16th November 1915 and was posted to the 1/19th Londons in France on 16 June 1916. He was wounded in action on 17 September 1916, receiving a gunshot wound to his hand, which resulted in him having hospital treatment at Le Havre. Two weeks later he rejoined his battalion, and whilst in the trenches and wearing Full Service Marching Order, he slipped on a duck board and dislocated his shoulder. He was discharged from the army on 14 March 1918 on account of his being no longer fit for military service.