WW1. 'Battle of the Somme 1916' M.M. group of four. Stapley. R.A.
£549.00
The 'Battle of the Somme 1916' M.M. group of four awarded to Bombardier E. Stapley, 48th (South Midland) Division Ammunition Column, Royal Artillery
Military Medal, G.V.R. (1376 Bmbr: E. Stapley. 48/S.M.D.A.C. R.F.A. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1376, A-Bmbr. E. Stapley. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (1376 Bmbr. E. Stapley. R.A.), mounted for wear on replacement ribbons, silvered, very fine.
M.M. London Gazette 14 November 1916.
Edward Stapley was born at Bridgemerry, Titchfield on the 28 July 1889. Enlisting with the Territorial Force on 5 March 1914 he was mobilised for action and entered the war in France on 30 March 1915 with the 48th (South Midland) Division as an Acting Bombardier. The division was sent to France in March 1915 and served on the Western Front. It took part in the Battle of the Somme in 1916, the Battle of Pozières and the Third Battle of Ypres.
The Division was moved to Italy on 1 December 1917, remaining there until the end of the war. Returning to Britain, Stapley was married at Bristol on 15 August 1918 and soon invalided from the military on 23 January 1919. He was issued with a silver war badge as 'surplus to military requirements having suffered an impairment'.
Residing in Bristol he appears on the 1939 census as a heavy motor driver (commercial).
