Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Second Lieutenant H. M. Kirby, Norfolk Regiment, later Special Constabulary, who was wounded during the attack on La Coulotte, Givenchy, on 23 April 1917

British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. H. M. Kirby.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R.,1st issue (Harold M. Kirby); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse officially numbered ‘364136’, very fine (4) £70-£90

Harold Martin Kirby was commission Second Lieutenant in the 4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment on 17 October 1915. Whilst attached to the 1st Battalion, he was wounded in action on 23 April 1917, during the battalion’s attack La Coulotte, Givenchy, and was subsequently awarded the Silver War Badge on 7 September 1918.

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