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A Great War 'Western Front' M.M. group of five awarded to Private D. T. Y. Middleton, 1/2nd...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Private D. T. Y. Middleton, 1/2nd Wessex Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, who later served during the ‘Blitz’ as the Chief Officer Petroleum and Explosives – Air Raid Warden, City of Plymouth Military Medal, G.V.R. (2063 Pte. D. T. Y. Middleton. 1/2 Wessex 25/F.A. R.A.M.C. - T.F..); 1914 Star, with clasp (2063 Pte. D.H. [sic] Y. Middleton. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals with M.I.D. oak leaves (2063 Pte. D. T. Middleton. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear; together with the recipient’s silver ARP brooch lapel badge, light contact marks, generally good very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Dinsdale Thomas Young Middleton was born in Gateshead, County Durham in 1884. Employed in 1901 as a Weigh Scale Maker living in Gateshead he was subsequently appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for the City of Plymouth. He enlisted the 1/2nd Wessex Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force at Plymouth and was mobilised and embarked for France with the 25th Field Ambulance on 5 November 1914. For his services during the Great War he was both Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field and awarded the Military Medal. Demobilised, he returned to his employment with the City of Plymouth and at the outbreak of the Second World War he took on the additional duties as Chief Officer, Petroleum and Explosives as well as being appointed Officer-in-Charge of Civil Defence Messengers at Greenbank, Plymouth on 10 November 1941. Retiring as Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures for the City of Plymouth in May 1946, he died in Plymouth on 12 June 1971, aged 87. Sold with copied research.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of five awarded to Private D. T. Y. Middleton, 1/2nd Wessex Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, who later served during the ‘Blitz’ as the Chief Officer Petroleum and Explosives – Air Raid Warden, City of Plymouth Military Medal, G.V.R. (2063 Pte. D. T. Y. Middleton. 1/2 Wessex 25/F.A. R.A.M.C. - T.F..); 1914 Star, with clasp (2063 Pte. D.H. [sic] Y. Middleton. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals with M.I.D. oak leaves (2063 Pte. D. T. Middleton. R.A.M.C.); Defence Medal, mounted for wear; together with the recipient’s silver ARP brooch lapel badge, light contact marks, generally good very fine and better (5) £400-£500 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Dinsdale Thomas Young Middleton was born in Gateshead, County Durham in 1884. Employed in 1901 as a Weigh Scale Maker living in Gateshead he was subsequently appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for the City of Plymouth. He enlisted the 1/2nd Wessex Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps Territorial Force at Plymouth and was mobilised and embarked for France with the 25th Field Ambulance on 5 November 1914. For his services during the Great War he was both Mentioned in Despatches for gallant and distinguished service in the field and awarded the Military Medal. Demobilised, he returned to his employment with the City of Plymouth and at the outbreak of the Second World War he took on the additional duties as Chief Officer, Petroleum and Explosives as well as being appointed Officer-in-Charge of Civil Defence Messengers at Greenbank, Plymouth on 10 November 1941. Retiring as Chief Inspector of Weights and Measures for the City of Plymouth in May 1946, he died in Plymouth on 12 June 1971, aged 87. Sold with copied research.
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