A GEORGE V DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL AWARDED TO WILLIAM HE...

A GEORGE V DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL AWARDED TO WILLIAM HEARN OF THE WILTSHIRE REGIMENT. A George V Distinguished Conduct medal named to 11958Pte W.M. Hearn 1/Wilts R. William Hearn was awarded this medal 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion. He entered a crater when the shelling was heaviest, to dig out men buried by a trench mortar, and to assist in removing the wounded'. The action is recorded as taking place on the 11th March 1916, the medal was published in the Gazette in November of the same year. William Hearn was entitled to a 1914 trio having entered the conflict on the 27th October 1914. Provenance: The Lieutenant Colonel Leslie Benskin Green Collection, purchased in October 1937 from Baldwin and Glendining for 50 shillings. Loaned to 'The Wardrobe' Military museum Salisbury by Dr J. Green 1982 - 2026.

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