Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Lee, West Riding Regiment, later York and Lancaster Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (24189 Pte. A. Lee. 10/W. Rid: R.); British War and Victory Medals (24189 Cpl. A. Lee. W. Rid. R.); Defence Medal, in named card box of issued, addressed to ‘Mr. A. Lee, 18 Benn Crescent, Lidget Green, Bradford, Yorks.’, nearly extremely fine (4) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917.

Arthur Lee was born in Bradford in 1892 and lived at 49, Naseby Street, Bradford. A dyer’s labourer, he attested for the West Riding Regiment in June 1916 and was posted initially to the 3/6th Battalion as Private. Transferred to the 1/6th and 10th Battalions, his Army Service Record notes that he was raised Lance Corporal on 15 June 1917, and Corporal on 6 October 1917. Awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the field, Lee transferred to the York and Lancaster Regiment on 19 February 1919, but was soon in trouble after going A.W.O.L. for a period of 77 days; ‘Owing to lack of sufficient evidence to bring the case forward to trial by D.C.M., case dismissed 21-7-1919.’



Sold with cap badges for both regiments and a pair of Duke of Wellington’s Shoulder Titles.