Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant A. Bradley, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, who was killed in action on 24 August 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (1962 Sjt: A. Bradley. 1/4 York: L.I. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1962 L/Cpl. A. Bradley Yorks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. Bradley.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Bradley) good very fine (5) £600-£800

M.M. London Gazette 1 September 1916.

Arthur Bradley, a native of Wakefield, Yorkshire, attested for the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 April 1915. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion on 29 June 1917, and was killed in action on 24 August 1917, aged 24. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium.