A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers

1914-15 Star (13062 Pte. G. D. Shea. S. Wales Bord:) good very fine £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers.

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M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

George Dennis Shea was born in Neath, Glamorgan in 1893 and attested for the South Wales Borderers in Tonypandy on 20 August 1914, initially being posted to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion. On 25 May 1915 he arrived with the 2nd Battalion as part of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in Gallipoli. He left Gallipoli on 25 September 1915 and later embarked for France, arriving 6 December 1915, where he was awarded the Military Medal while serving with the 1st Battalion. He was still serving with the 1st Battalion on 10 October 1918 when he suffered a wound to his right leg caused by a bomb explosion. He transferred to the Special Reserve on 9 February 1919 and finally left the reserve in 1931.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card, service papers, and other research.