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7 November 2024

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№ 523

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7 November 2024

Hammer Price:
£95

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (158096 Gnr: -A.Ftr: S.Sjt.- J. E. Moss. R.G.A.) lacquered, very fine £60-£80

M.S.M. London Gazette 18 January 1919.

John Edward Moss served in France as Gunner from 21 April 1915. Raised Acting Fitter Staff Sergeant, he was posted to the Western Front with 1/1. North Riding Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery, and was awarded the M.S.M. in ‘Gazette 60’. Disembodied on 28 January 1919, he is today remembered on a list of men from West Wales (Pembrokeshire) who gained gallantry awards during the Great War for deeds of bravery and devotion to duty.