Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902 (Lieut. G. H. Ermen, Manch. Rgt.) lacking suspension and clasps, edge bruising, nearly very fine £25-35

Godfrey H. Ermen served in the Boer War with the 5th (Ardwick) Volunteer Battalion Manchester Regiment, being appointed Lieutenant on 13 July 1901. With the onset of the Great War, he resumed his rank with the 6th Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment. Lieutenant Ermen died on 4 May 1915 and was buried in St. Andrews Churchyard, Gargrave, Yorkshire.