The Mametz Wood and Pilckem Ridge M.M. and Bar group of four medals to Warrant Officer William

The Mametz Wood and Pilckem Ridge M.M. and Bar group of four medals to Warrant Officer William George Eldridge, Royal Army Medical Corps: Military Medal, George V, with Second Award Bar (30210 SJT: W. ELDRIDGE. 45/F.A. R.A.M.C.); 1914-15 Star (30210. SJT. W. ELDRIDGE, R.A.M.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 and Victory Medal (30210 W. O. CL. 1. W. G. ELDRIDGE. R.A.M.C.); mounted for wearing, some edge bruising (regimental number obscured by it on BWM), otherwise about very fine. [4]; together with the recipient's 2nd Class Warrant, and his certificate of discharge to the reserve.

M.M. London Gazette 21/10/1916

Bar to M.M. London Gazette 18/10/1917

The circumstances of these awards are described in the unit war diaries. In the first case Sergeant Eldridge is mentioned by name, as having done gallant work "9 August 1916 in evacuating and looking after casualties during a heavy bombardment of Mametz Wood and carrying on with the work of receiving gassed men from a dugout after Captain Raymond (R.A.M.C.) had been wounded and later Captain Hamilton (RAMC) had been gassed" The second relevant entry, for 30-31/07/1917 describes the work done by his unit in an exposed position during the battle of Pilckem Ridge. Offered with research.