Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Warrant Officer Class II A. W. Ganley, Royal Garrison Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (16716 W.O. Cl. II. A. W. Ganley. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (16716 Cpl. A. W. Ganley. R.G.A.); Memorial Plaque (Alfred William Ganley) in card envelope, good very fine (4) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Royal Artillery.

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Alfred William Ganley attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery and served as a Battery Sergeant Major with the 146th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front. He was killed in action on 23 March 1918, during the German Spring Offensive; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

Sold with the recipient’s Account Book; various Gunlaying Certificates; and a damaged portrait photograph of the recipient.