Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Col. Sjt. W. T. Gilley. D.C.L.I.) contact marks, good very fine £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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William Thomas Gilley was born in Plymouth, Devon, in 1867 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry at Devonport on 9 January 1888. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 9 October 1888 to 21 December 1900, and then in Ceylon until 10 May 1901, and saw active service on the North West Frontier 1897-98 (entitled to an India General Service Medal with claps Punjab Frontier 1897-98 and Tirah 1897-98). Advanced Colour Sergeant on 30 July 1897, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal per Army Order 240 of 1906, and was discharged on 25 April 1909, after 21 years and 107 days’ service. He was awarded his Meritorious Service Medal in December 1941, and was presented with his medal by Brigadier J. O. Carpenter, M.C. He died on the Isle of Wight on 30 September 1949.

Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.