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Auction: 26002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 157

The 1918 M.M. group of four and memorial plaque to Bombardier H. Vidler, Royal Garrison Artillery, who was killed in action on 3 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (27712 Gnr: H. Vidler. 24/Sge:By:R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (27712, Gnr. H. Vidler. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (27712 Bmbr. H. Vidler. R.A.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Harry Vidler), toned, light contact wear, otherwise very fine (5)

M.M. London Gazette 6 January 1917.

Harry Vidler was born in Molesey, Surrey and later enlisted for service at Kingston-on-Thames. He entered the war in France on 21 August 1915 and there fought for a few years, earning his M.M. in 1917, before he was killed in action on 3 October 1918.

At some stage Vidler was married to a Maltese woman, Maria Guisseppa Calleja, who received his pension and to whom his medals were later sent at 17 Strada Reale, Sliema, Malta. She was noted as a ‘remarried widow’ at the time his medals were sent to her.

Vidler is buried at La Baraque British Cemetery in Bellenglise, France; sold together with copied research including a circa 1917 map of the Somme Offensive, original medal delivery slips, and original photograph of the recipient.


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Estimate
£500 to £700

Starting price
£400