Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. A. Earley, 2/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
Military Medal, G.V.R. (202433 Pte., 2/4 Hants. R.); British War and Victory Medals (202423 Pte., Hamps. R.)

Pair: Private F. J. Earley, 12th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, killed in action, Balkans, 25 April 1917
British War and Victory Medals (39105 Pte., Hamps. R.) extremely fine (5) £340-380

M.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918.

J. A. Earley came from Newport, Isle of Wight.

Fred James Earley was born and lived in Northwood, Isle of Wight and enlisted at Winchester. Serving with ‘A’ Company, 12th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he was killed in action in the Balkans on 25 April 1917, aged 26 years. His name is commemorated on the Doiran Memorial. He was the son of Frederick J. and Maria Earley of Spring Cottages, Mark’s Corner, Newport, Isle of Wight.