Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military Medal, G.V.R. (22177Pte. M. Mainwaring. 1/S. Wales Bord.) planchet only, pierced at 12 o’clock, worn, therefore fair to fine £70-90

M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919.

M.I.D. London Gazette 22 May 1917.

Arthur Mainwaring was born in Cwmayan, Glamorganshire, and attested for the South Wales Borderers at Ystradgynlais, Breconshire. He served during the Great War with the 6th Battalion, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 5 May 1918. He is buried in Arneke British Cemetery, France.