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Medals (4) of 82304 Bombardier James Spalding M.M. R.F.A. Military Medal GV, 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal 1914-1920, and Allied Victory Medal 1914-1918. A resident of Sacriston, Durham, employed as a coal miner. Attested in Newcastle on 14th August 1914 for service as a Driver with 169th Brigade Royal Field Artillery (RFA). Transferred to D (Howitzer) Battery, 53rd Brigade RFA. Landed in France on 11th May 1915. Posted to the 8th Division Ammunition Column on 10th January 1917 and with whom he subsequently volunteered for service with the Divisional Trench Mortars 'The Suicide Club'. He joined Y/8 Trench Mortar Battery on 1st February 1918. He was awarded home leave on 24th September 1918, and he returned to his unit on 9th October 1918. The award of his Military Medal was published in the London Gazette on 21st October 1918.
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