Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private S. G. Eley, Monmouthshire Regiment, later Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 October 1918
British War and Victory Medals (60791 Pte. S. G. Eley. Monmouth R.) very fine

Pair: Private W. J. Hardman, Monmouthshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (230331 Pte. W. J. Hardman. Monmouth R.) toned, good very fine (4) £120-£160

Sidney George Eley was born at Tiddickstone (Tythegston) Higher, Cefn Cribwr, near Bridgend, Glamorgan, and attested for the Monmouthshire Regiment at Cardiff. Subsequently transferring to the 16th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, he died of wounds on the Western Front on 30 October 1918, and is buried at Awoingt British Cemetery, France.

The Glamorgan Gazette of 15 November 1918 carried a report of Eley’s death, recording that he had been severely wounded in the head and had died in hospital. He had apparently only served for about six months and had been in France for three weeks, but that during that time he had taken a full share in the fighting before he laid down his life.

William James Hardman served in the 1st Battalion, Monmouthshire Regiment.