Orders, Decorations and Medals

A good Great War Salonika operations M.M. group of five awarded to Corporal H. R. Wateridge, Royal Lancaster Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (16430 Pte. H. R. Wateridge, 9/R. Lanc. R.); 1914-15 Star (16430 Pte., R. Lanc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (16430 Cpl., R. Lanc. R.), single initial ‘H.’ on these three; Russian Medal of St. George, 3rd class, silver, the reverse officially numbered ‘167762’, contact marks and polished, good fine and better (5) £600-800

M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1916. The following information was taken from Order No. 558, 12 Corps, dated 30 September 1916:
‘He has repeatedly shown coolness and initiative and bravery while with carrying parties. He was out again on the afternoon of 14 September and took a prominent part in helping wounded during the severest fire.’

Russian Medal of St. George London Gazette 15 February 1917.

Herbert Reginald Wateridge originally entered the French theatre of war in September 1915, prior to his gallant exploits in the Salonika operations.

The relevant war diary reveals a good deal of activity on 14 September 1916 in the 9/Royal Lancaster’s positions in Macedonia, including a heavy bombardment and resultant casualties - ‘All ranks behaved splendidly and showed great courage and coolness’; so, too, the award of Wateridge’s Russian Medal of Zeal on 7 November; sold with an old typed copy of the announcements for his M.M. and Russian Medal of St. George, as per Corps and Regimental Orders.