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5 & 6 December 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Lot

№ 940 x

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£220

A scarce Great War ‘East Africa’ M.S.M. group of four awarded to Mechanist Staff Sergeant S. G. W. Blythe, Army Service Corps

1914-15 Star (M2-079368. M.S. Sjt. S. G. W. Blythe, A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (M2-079368 S. Sjt. S. G. Blythe. A.S.C.); Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (M2-079368 M.S .Sjt: S. G. W. Blythe. 648/M.T. Coy. A.S.C.) good very fine (4) £180-£220

M.S.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918.

Sidney George Winder Blythe, a native of Dollis Hill, north London, attested for the Army Service Corps on 23 April 1915, and served during the Great War, initially on the Western Front from 25 May 1915. Transferring to the 648th Motor Transport Company, he served with them in East Africa from 1916, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 8 April 1919.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.