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A 'Front Line' DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL & 1914-15 Trio. To: 53193. Sergeant Tom Cordingly. 38th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Who held up a German advance with a .303 rifle until reinforcements arrived.

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A Superb 'Front Line' DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL & 1914-15 Trio.


To: 53193. BDR, SERGEANT & A/ B.Q.M.S. TOM CORDINGLY 38th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.

Who held up a German advance with a .303 rifle until reinforcements arrived.

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(LONDON GAZETTE 3rd June 1918, Citation 21st October 1918.)

FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY AND DEVOTION TO DUTY. THIS N.C.O. HAS DONE ESPECIALLY GOOD WORK WHILE SERVING WITH THE BATTERY. DURING AN ENEMY ADVANCE HE GOT A RIFLE AND AMMUNITION AND HELPED TO CHECK IT UNTIL THE ARRIVAL OF REINFORCEMENTS.

Tom Cordingly was from Irlam, near Manchester, Lancashire and before the war ran a Pawnbroker,Jewellery and general furniture shop at 596, Liverpool Road, Irlam. His home was just two blocks away at 17 Victoria Road, Irlam. He enlisted on 15th November 1914 in Manchester aged 30 and 7 months. He left Devonport on 15th December 1915 and arrived at Port Said, Egypt on 29th December. He served in Egypt until 8th April 1916 when he left Alexandria for France with an arrival at Marseille on 16th April 1916.

AN EXCELLENT D.C.M. TO A LOCAL LANCASHIRE LAD WHO SERVED WITH GREAT GALLANTRY AND SURVIVED THE WAR .HE WAS POSTED TO AN OFFICER TRAING UNIT IN LATE 1918 BUT THE WAR ENDED BEFORE HE COULD TAKE UP A COMMISSION AND HE RETURNED TO HIS PAWNBROKING BUSINESS IN IRLAM.
Includes original 15 Corps C.O's presentation document dated 4th June 1918. A
LG' copies and 1911 census form. Also included is his father's Special Constabulary Medal. A






ALL MEDALS ABOUT EF AND SWING MOUNTED AS WORN ON ORIGINAL RIBBONS. COMPLETE WITH HIS FULL SERVICE & ATTESTATION PAPER COPIES.
TOM CORDINGLY DIED IN BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE IN 1959 aged 74. A

£1995
A 'Front Line' DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL & 1914-15 Trio. To: 53193. Sergeant Tom Cordingly. 38th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Who held up a German advance with a .303 rifle until reinforcements arrived.

A 'Front Line' DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL & 1914-15 Trio. To: 53193. Sergeant Tom Cordingly. 38th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Who held up a German advance with a .303 rifle until reinforcements arrived.
£1995

An Excellent 'Front Line' DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL & 1914-15 Trio. To: 53193. Sergeant Tom Cordingly. 38th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Who held up a German advance with a .303 rifle until reinforcements arrived. ( With his father's Special Constabulary Medal George V )