Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Bombardier A. G. Walsh, Royal Artillery (T.A.), who was wounded in action in Holland in 1944

India General Service 1908-35, 2 clasps, North West Frontier 1930-31, Mohmand 1933, second clasp loose on riband (783259 Gnr. A, G, Walsh. R.A.); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, good very fine (5) £100-£140

Arthur George Walsh was born on 2 November 1908 and attested for the Royal Artillery (T.A.) on 23 May 1928. Posted to the 153rd Battery, 51st (London) Anti-Aircraft Brigade, he transferred to the Regular Army in February 1929. Posted to India from 16 September 1930, he qualified for the IGS medal, clasps North West Frontier 1930-31 and Mohmand 1933, whilst serving with the 58th Field Battery, Royal Artillery. Returned home to London in the winter of 1935, Walsh transferred to Reserve on 18 December 1935 but was recalled to service at the outbreak of the Second World War.

Posted with the British Expeditionary Force to France from 24 September 1939 to 7 June 1940, Walsh was one of the last to escape Northern Europe and make it safely back across the Channel. Promoted Bombardier on 7 April 1941, he transferred to 103rd (Medium) Battery, Royal Artillery, on 1 December 1942. Sent to Holland, he was wounded in action on 12 October 1944 suffering a shrapnel wound to the right index finger and right ankle. Evacuated home to the Westminster Hospital, he ended the war recuperating at his father’s address at 25 Lillington Street, Westminster, S.W.1.