Pair: Drummer J. Garside, Manchester Regiment

Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (1217 Dmr. J. Garside 8/Manch. R.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, mounted court-style; light contact marks to the first, very fine (2) £100-£140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Belgian Croix de Guerre London Gazette 15 April 1918.

James Garside was born at Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, in 1884 and in April 1909 he enlisted in 8th (Territorial) Battalion of the Manchester Regiment, with the rank of Drummer. In August 1914 his battalion was mobilised and was destined for Egypt and thence to Gallipoli, landing at ‘V’ Beach on 6 May 1915 with 42nd (East Lancashire) Division. Garside was evacuated from the Peninsula in August 1915, due to sickness or wounds and was repatriated to the U.K. In early 1917 he was transferred to 5th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, landing in France in March 1917. A few weeks later he was transferred again to the 19th (Service) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, which took part in the second and third battles of the Scarpe (April and May 1917) and the recapture of Vimy Ridge. Private Garside’s award of the Belgian Croix de Guerre was likely for this offensive. He was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order of October 1919. He also served at some point in the Labour Corps and Royal Defence Corps and is entitled to a 1914-14 trio.

Sold with extensive copied research and service papers.