Four: Warrant Officer Class I G. E. Gatling, Army Service Corps

1914 Star, with clasp (SS-3914 Cpl., A.S.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (SS-3914 W.O. Cl. I, A.S.C.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (SS-3914 Cpl., A.S.C.); France, Medaille Militaire, silver and silver-gilt, lacking enamel; together with a Victory Medal 1914-19, M.I.D. oakleaf, naming erased except for ‘A.S.C.’, very fine and better (5)
£240-280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the Army Service Corps.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘... for distinguished service in the Field ...’ ‘SS/3914 Cpl. (A./S./S./M.), A.S.C.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917 (Haig).

Medaille Militaire London Gazette 10 October 1918. ‘SS/3914 Staff Serjeant-Major, Army Service Corps.’

Corporal George Ernest Gatling, A.S.C., came from Holmsood and entered into the France/Flanders theatre of war on 18 October 1914. For his wartime services in the A.S.C. he was mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.S.M. and the French Medaille Militaire. Gatling transferred to the R.A.F. in May 1918 and served on into 1919. With original bestowal document for the Medaille Militaire. Also with copied gazette extracts and R.A.F. service papers.