LANCE CORPORAL (LATER CORPORAL) J. SMEDLEY, 2ND BATTALION YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. Mil

LANCE CORPORAL (LATER CORPORAL) J. SMEDLEY, 2ND BATTALION YORK AND LANCASTER REGIMENT. Military Medal, George V (10339 Lance Corporal, 2nd York and Lancaster Regiment). Claw tightened (possibly also re-pinned), couple of rim bruises, one each to obverse and reverse rims, reverse contact marked from the Star, otherwise Very Fine.

Medal accompanied by Medal Index Card details, which confirm that Corporal Smedley first saw active service in France, entering that theatre of operations on 9/9/1914 (the 2nd battalion landed in France at St Nazaire as a unit on 9/9/1914). Smedley also entitled 1914 Star and bar trio. Lance Corporal Smedley’s Military Medal was announced in the London Gazette of 23/2/1918, which gives his home town as Sheffield. Corporal Smedley’s Military Medal was probably for the battle of Cambrai, 20th November – 3rd December 1917.