WW1 BRITISH ARMY 1917 MILITARY MEDAL GROUP FOR SOMME CAMPAIGN RA 86931 BASS

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WW1 British Army 1917 Military Medal group to Corporal Bass, R.F.A.

Military Medal G.V.R., impressed named 86931 WR: E. R. C. BASS. C.62/BDE: R.F.A.; War Medal & Victory Medal impressed named 86931 CPL. E. R. C. BASS. R.A. Medals are unmounted and come with copies of medal index card, medal rolls, MM Gazette, enlistment papers and basic research. Ernest Robert Charles Bass was born in Suffolk 1887. Enlisted 24/8/1914. A carpenter by trade. He served with 63rd BRIGADE, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. Posted to various batteries within the brigade as a wheeler. Landed France 31/5/1915, returned UK 9/2/1919. MM Gazette 19/2/1917. Award range 66,000 – 69,000 were for late actions on the Somme 1916. Bass’s MM schedule number is 68,111. 62nd Brigade RFA served with the 12 Eastern Division during the entire war.