Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant S. Ellis, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action in 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-509 C.Q.M. Sjt., 7/K.R.R.C.) official correction to ‘Sjt.’; 1914-15 Star (A-509 Sjt., K.R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-509 C. Sjt., K.R. Rif. C.) generally nearly extremely fine (4) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917.

Sidney Ellis was born at St Saviour’s, Yorkshire, and lived at York. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 15 October 1917. The Regimental Chronicle states that Ellis along with two other C.Q.M.S’s. were killed when a shell landed on a dump in which they were situated. Sold with further research detail.