Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.S.M. pair to Major G. H. Holmes, Military Works Service

Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (Sub-Condr., M.W.S.), engraved naming; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (Sub-Condr., M.W. Serv.) good very fine and better (2) £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Meritorious Service Medals.

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M.S.M. London Gazette 15 October 1918. ‘... in recognition of valuable services rendered with the Forces in Mesopotamia during the present war’.

M.I.D. (2) London Gazette 12 March 1918; 21 February 1919 (Mesopotamia).

George Henry Holmes was born on 9 March 1879. A Sub-Conductor with the Military Works Service in Mesopotamia during the Great War, he was twice mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.S.M. He was first commissioned as Assistant Commissary with the rank of Lieutenant in 1927 and attained the rank of Major in 1933. He retired on 9 March 1934.