Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Six: Company Sergeant Major R. H. Child, Hampshire Regiment, who served during the Russian Intervention, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for Siberia

British War and Victory Medals (193 A.W.O. Cl.2. R. H. Child. Hamps. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (193 Sjt. R. H. Child Hamps. R.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (355093 C.Sjt. R. H. Child 9/Hamps: R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (355093 C.Sjt. (A.C.S. Mjr.) R. H. Child. 9/Hamps. R.) unit officially corrected; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Richard H. Child.) mounted court-style as worn, good very fine (6) £400-£500

M.S.M. London Gazette 22 January 1920:
‘For valuable services rendered with the British Forces in Siberia’

Richard H. Child attested for the Hampshire Regiment (Territorial Force) and served with the 9th Battalion during the Russian Intervention in Siberia. Advanced Acting Company Sergeant Major, he was awarded his Territorial Force Efficiency Medal per Army Order 23 in February 1920.

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