Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1917 ‘Third Battle of Ypres’ M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant H. Mullin, Manchester Regiment, late Grenadier Guards, who was taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin on 21 March 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (38002 Cpl H. Mullin. 16/Manch. R.); 1914-15 Star (7897 Pte H. Mullin. G. Gds:) good very fine (2) £200-240

M.M. London Gazette 28 September 1917.

Henry Mullin was born in Ancoats, Manchester, in 1879, and attested for the Grenadier Guards in 1898. He served in South Africa during the Boer War (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Johannesburg; and a King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps). He re-engaged for Section D (reserve) for four years in 1911, and was mobilized on the outbreak of the Great War on 6 August 1914. On 19 March 1915 he deserted, but re-joined on 20 April 1915, being 'awarded' 28 days’ detention by the Commanding Officer for absence, later reduced to 24 days. He served with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 November to 28 November 1915, and in May 1916 was discharged as per terms of engagement. He re-engaged in the Manchester Regiment on 24 June 1916, and served with the 16th Battalion on the Western Front from 15 December 1916 as a Sergeant, reverting to Private (acting Corporal) in late December 1916. After a bout of illness, he re-joined the 16th Battalion in the field and was wounded in the face on 29 March 1917 and hospitalized until 27 June 1917. On 31 July 1917, during the Third Battle of Ypres, he was noted for 'gallant & distinguished conduct in action' and was subsequently awarded the Military Medal. Promoted Sergeant in November 1917, on 21 March 1918 he was posted as missing. Taken Prisoner of War at St. Quentin and removed to Germany, he was held in Cassel and Mannheim until the end of the war. He died in Blackburn on 7th March 1964.