Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Bombardier S. Harley, Royal Garrison Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (77083 Bmbr: S. Harley. 229/Sge: By: R.G.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (77083 Bmbr. S. Hartley [sic]. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (77083 Bmbr. S. Harley. R.A.); together with an Italian Altipiani Medal 1918, silver, good very fine (4) £240-£280

M.M. London Gazette 21 August 1917

Sidney Harley served in the 229th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery during the Great War. The battery arrived in France on 14 December 1916. The war diary for the 229th Siege Battery states that Harley was wounded in the groin by shell fire at 10.20 a.m. on 29 April 1917. Harley’s M.M. schedule number indicates an award for the April to June 1917 period. The 229th Siege Battery, R.G.A. later served in Italy from 25 November 1917. 

Note: The Italian Altipianio Medal was presented by General Montuori, Commanding 6th Italian Army, to British officers in commemoration of the defeat of the Austrian attack on the Asiago Plateau, 15-16 June 1918.