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16 April 2020

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№ 76

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16 April 2020

Hammer Price:
£340

A Great War 1918 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant A. Bayly, Royal Army Medical Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (497289 Cpl - A. Sjt: - A. Bayly. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (3264 A. SJt. A. Bayley. [sic] R.A.M.C.) generally very fine (3) £280-£320

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919:

‘This N.C.O. did excellent work while in charge of bearers in the line near Maricourt during the period 24 August 1918 to 31 August 1918. He frequently worked for many hours without rest and often under very heavy shell fire. By his coolness and devotion to duty he showed an excellent example to the Bearers under his charge, and led them to the place where wounded were lying out in badly shelled areas. During the whole of this period his work was consistently good.’

Albert Willoughby Bayly/Bayley was a native of Bisley. He served during the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps on the Western Front, and was attached to the 2/3rd (Home Counties) Field Ambulance (T.F.) for the award of the M.M.