Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (4840 Sjt. W. Baker. 8/North’d Fus:) very fine £80-£100

M.S.M. London Gazette 17 June 1918.

William Baker attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle and served in the 8th Battalion during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 19 July 1915. He was wounded in the leg at Gallipoli in September 1915; recovering, he subsequently served on the Western Front, and was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in 1918. He transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve following the end of hostilities.

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