Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Company Quarter Master Sergeant and Acting Third Class Master Gunner E. J. Short, Royal Garrison Artillery

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (99700 C.Q.M. Sjt. -A.3/Cl:Mr:Gnr: E. J. Short. R.G.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (99700 Sjt: E. J. Short. R.G.A.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £120-£160

M.S.M. London Gazette 30 May 1919.

Edward John Short was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal with gratuity in April 1912 and was later awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for service with the 14th Fire Command (Eastern Command), Royal Garrison Artillery, in the ‘Peace Gazette’ of 1919.