Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private F. W. Hardiman, Middlesex Regiment, later Essex Regiment and Labour Corps

British War and Victory Medals (351145 Pte. F. W. Hardiman. Essex R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (573 Pte. F. W. Hardiman. Midd’x R.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (573 Dmr. F. W. Hardiman. 10-Midd’x R.) minor edge bruising, good very fine (4) £200-£240

Frederick William Hardiman was born at Marylebone, London, in 1876, and served as a Drummer with the 10th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment (Territorial Force). He probably went to India with the Battalion in 1914, and transferred to the Essex Regiment when the Battalion returned to Europe in 1916. He is also noted as serving with the Labour Corps, with No. 681896, and was discharged from the Labour Corps on 6 March 1919. On discharge he was noted as having served in India for two years and in France in the Great War for 8 months; he was also noted as suffering from debility, having had dysentery, malaria and the after effects of shell shock.