Nine: Major E. Hebblethwaite, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1914-15 Star (6530 Q.M. Sjt., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (6530 W.O. Cl.2, K.R. Rif. C.); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (6837123 W.O. Cl. II, K.R.R.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (6530 R.Q.M. Sjt., 7/K.R. Rif. C.), mounted for wear, very fine and better (9) £220-260

M.S.M. London Gazette 14 June 1918. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in France ...’

Ernest Hebblethwaite entered the France/Flanders theatre of war, as a Quartermaster Serjeant in the 7th Battalion K.R.R.C., on 19 May 1915. For his service in France he was subsequently awarded the M.S.M. R.Q.M.S. Hebblethwaite was commissioned a Quartermaster, with the rank of Lieutenant in 1926; was promoted to Captain (Quartermaster) in 1934 and attained the rank of Major (Quartermaster) in 1938. He was placed on Retirement Pay in 1946. Sold with copied research.