Baldwin & Sons
Auction 101 28 September 2016
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ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Single British Campaign Medals, A 1914 Great War Casualty Single British War Medal awarded to Serjeant T.S. Jolly, 5th Battalion (City of London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment; British War Medal 1914-1920 (8231 Sjt. T.S. Jolly 5-Lond. R.). Toned, very fine.
Thomas Spratley Jolly was a pre-war member of the 5th Battalion (City of London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment with the service number 8231. Born in Upton Park, East London, he was the son of Richard and Matilda Jolly – Thomas enlisted at Manor Park whilst his family lived there. He landed in France on the 4 November; he was by now a Serjeant and aged 28 years old. After one of the many holding actions in the last months of 1914, Serjeant Jolly was wounded, succumbing to his injuries at a Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul on the 19 December 1914, he is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France, Row E, Grave 9.
Sold with copy research and a photograph of Sjt. Jolly's headstone.
Estimate: £50-70
Thomas Spratley Jolly was a pre-war member of the 5th Battalion (City of London Rifle Brigade) London Regiment with the service number 8231. Born in Upton Park, East London, he was the son of Richard and Matilda Jolly – Thomas enlisted at Manor Park whilst his family lived there. He landed in France on the 4 November; he was by now a Serjeant and aged 28 years old. After one of the many holding actions in the last months of 1914, Serjeant Jolly was wounded, succumbing to his injuries at a Casualty Clearing Station at Bailleul on the 19 December 1914, he is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France, Row E, Grave 9.
Sold with copy research and a photograph of Sjt. Jolly's headstone.
Estimate: £50-70