Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal A. Mitton, Shropshire Light Infantry

Military Medal, G.V.R. (20117 Pte. - L.Cpl. A. Mitton. 7/Shrops. L.I.) suspension claw re-affixed, minor edge bruising, very fine £200-£240

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

Arthur Mitton was born in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancashire, in 1898 and attested there for the Shropshire Light Infantry. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 August 1915, and was awarded the Military Medal.