A composite M.S.M. group of five medals to Battery Sergeant Major Alfred William Galley

A composite M.S.M. group of five medals to Battery Sergeant Major Alfred William Galley, Royal Artillery: 1914-15 Star (51626 B.S. MJR A. W. GALLEY. R.F.A.); British War Medal 1914-20 (51626 T-W. O. CL. 1. A. W. GALLEY. R.A.); Victory Medal (165308 TPTR. A. E. GALLEY. R.A.)*; Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, Edward VII (70961 B.Q.M. SJT: A. W. GALLEY. R.F.A.); Meritorious Service Medal, George V (51626 B. S. MJR: A. W. GALLEY. A. BY: 63/BDE: R.F.A.), mounted for wearing, near very fine and better. [5]

M.S.M. London Gazette: 04/06/1917

Born in 1871 in Essex and worked as a labourer before joining the R.A. in February 1889. Servied in Gibraltar, Aden and India, and awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal in 1907, before being discharged, on completion of his 21 year term of service, in 1910. Recalled from the reserve in September 1914, and awarded the M.S.M. in 1917 "for valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field" in France. Offered with research.

* Possibly this man's son, Alfred Edward.