Military Medal GVR (435282 CPL. A.H. PERRY. 2/1 S.M.F.A. R.A.M.C.) - with two portrait photos of the recipient and a group photo/postcard
Arthur Harold Jordan Perry was a brave man. Born in Kings Norton, Worcestershire on 6 November 1892 he served with the 2/1 South Midlands Field Ambulance of the Royal Army Medical Corps in France and was awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 18 July 1917.
The South Midland Field Ambulances (1st, 2nd, 3rd) were Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) territorial units serving with the 48th (South Midland) Division in WWI, mobilising in August 1914. Based in Bristol/Gloucestershire area, they deployed to France in March 1915, operating Advanced Dressing Stations near the front line during major actions like the Somme.
The Birmingham Daily Gazette of 22 June 1917 carried a report which said:-
"Sergeant Arthur Perry, R.A.M.C., fourth son of Mr and Mrs C.P. Perry, Cambridge Road, Kings Heath, formerly assistant secretary of Kings Heath Baptist Sunday School, has been awarded the Military Medal for digging a comrade out under heavy shell fire."
He was taken Prisoner of War at Fresnoy during the Spring Offensive on 21 March 1918 and was held at a Stalag in Stendal.
According to the 1939 Register he was a Textile Manufacturer's Agent living at 4 Peacock Road, Birmingham.
He died in Birmingham on 22 May 1944.
Medal is in good condition unless otherwise indicated. Sold with some research.
