Medals of Ernest Gregory RAMC, including Military Medal (1)
Page description
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Medals of Ernest Gregory RAMC, including Military Medal (1)
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| Subject |
Gregory, Ernest
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| Notes |
Medals of Ernest Gregory, Sheffield, RAMC - as a conscientious objector he refused to fight - but volunteered and served as a stretcher-bearer and was gassed. These include his 1914-15 Star (225 Pte E. Gregory RAMC), and a Military Medal (405152 Pte E. Gregory 1/3 W. Rid. F.A. RAMC [1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps]). The 1914-1918 medals are inscribed "225 A. Cpl E. Gregory RAMC". On the reverse of a photo in the collection is written "Military Medal gained at Paschendaele for Bravery in the Field for bringing in the wounded from the field in terrible conditions - under fire and through shell holes and mud filled with water up to the armpits".
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| Item date |
1917 - 1923
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
1
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| Total number of pages |
2
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| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_4267_PICT0079.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Alun Edwards
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mrs JG Cocker
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Collection
Citation
“Medals of Ernest Gregory RAMC, including Military Medal,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 17, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5927.
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Document description
| Title |
Medals of Ernest Gregory RAMC, including Military Medal
|
|---|---|
| Subject |
Gregory, Ernest
|
| Notes |
Medals of Ernest Gregory, Sheffield, RAMC - as a conscientious objector he refused to fight - but volunteered and served as a stretcher-bearer and was gassed. These include his 1914-15 Star (225 Pte E. Gregory RAMC), and a Military Medal (405152 Pte E. Gregory 1/3 W. Rid. F.A. RAMC [1/3rd West Riding Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps]). The 1914-1918 medals are inscribed "225 A. Cpl E. Gregory RAMC". On the reverse of a photo in the collection is written "Military Medal gained at Paschendaele for Bravery in the Field for bringing in the wounded from the field in terrible conditions - under fire and through shell holes and mud filled with water up to the armpits".
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| Item date |
1917 - 1923
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| Creation place |
Unknown
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
2
|
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Alun Edwards
|
| Contributed on the behalf of |
Mrs JG Cocker
|
Citation
“Medals of Ernest Gregory RAMC, including Military Medal,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 17, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5927.
