The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (11026 Pte. R. Molloy, 1/L.N. Lan. R.) nearly extremely fine £220-260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 30 January 1920. ‘... in recognition of devotion to duty and valuable services rendered whilst Prisoner of War ....’

R. Molloy enlisted on 14 August 1914 at Felixstowe, aged 41 years, 2 months. Joining the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, he was posted to France with the 1st Battalion on 29 November 1914. On 21 December 1914 he was wounded in action, suffering a bayonet wound to the forehead; the following morning he received a shrapnel wound to the left cheek and gunshot wound to the head. Taken prisoner on 22 December 1914, he was held in various P.O.W. camps in Germany. For his services as a P.O.W. he was subsequently awarded the M.S.M. Repatriated in September 1918, he was discharged on 2 November 1918 as no longer physically fit. With copied service notes.

7 ‘P.O.W.’ M.S.M’s. to the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment.