{"product_id":"ww1-medal-trio-1914-15-star-british-war-medal-victory-medal-private-joseph-warrington-manchester-regiment-gallipoli-campaign","title":"WW1 medal trio - 1914-15 Star, British War medal \u0026 Victory Medal – Private JOSEPH WARRINGTON - Manchester Regiment – GALLIPOLI Campaign","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReference: MM-MED-0002\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eYou are looking at a WW1 trio of medals awarded to Private 1703 JOSEPH WARRINGTON of the 7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalion the Manchester Regiment, later Lance Corporal 275586 of the 1\/5\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalion the Manchester Regiment.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe medals are:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; padding-left: 80px;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e1914-15 Star inscribed '1703 PTE. J.WARRINGTON. MANCH:R.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; padding-left: 80px;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eBritish War Medal inscribed '1703 PTE. J.WARRINGTON. MANCH.R.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"text-indent: -18pt; padding-left: 80px;\"\u003e\u003c!-- [if !supportLists]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\"\u003e·\u003cspan style=\"font: 7.0pt 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e       \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c!--[endif]--\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eVictory Medal inscribed '1703 PTE. J.WARRINGTON. MANCH.R.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe 7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalion were a Territorial Force unit and, according to the ‘Army Service Numbers’ website\/blogsite, Private 1632 of the Battalion joined on the 25\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of February 1913, and Private 2032 joined on the 28\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of January 1914, and accepting that this information is correct, then it is likely JOSEPH WARRINGTON, with the service number 1703, joined between those dates, probably during the early months of 1913.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-right: -2.3pt;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe 1\/7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalion of the Manchester Regiment arrived at Alexandria Egypt on the 25\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of September 1914, and from there, made their way to Gallipoli where they landed at Cape Helles on the 6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of May 1915, and this date is the one recorded on JOSEPH’S Medal Index Card, so he was with his battalion when they first disembarked onto the beaches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eThe battalion were part of the 127\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Brigade, 42\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e (East Lancashire) Division, and they were involved in heavy fighting during the ‘2\u003csup\u003end\u003c\/sup\u003e Battle of Krithia’ (6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e May 1915), the ‘3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e Battle of Krithia’ (4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e June 1915) and the ‘Battle of Krithia Vineyard’ (6\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-13\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e August 1915). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eAt some point during his time in the Mediterranean, JOSEPH is listed within the casualty lists as having been wounded and entitled to wear a ‘wound stripe’, but the details and extent of injury have not been established, although we know he continued to serve in the army and was deployed to the Western Front. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eOn the 8\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of December 1915, the 1\/7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalion were evacuated from Gallipoli, and they \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereturned to Egypt where the 127\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e (Manchester) Brigade were in action during the ‘Battle of Romani’ (3\u003csup\u003erd\u003c\/sup\u003e-5\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e August 1916). \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eFollowing their service at Gallipoli and in Egypt, the 1\/7\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e and the 1\/5\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Battalions of the Manchester Regiment returned to Europe and on the 2nd of March 1917, they landed at Marseilles and were deployed to the Western Front where they were in action at Ypres and other major offensives.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJOSEPH was disembodied from military service on the 18\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of February 1919, and a later military record provides his address as 23 Prince Street, Ardwick, Manchester.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Aptos; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; color: black; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eJOSEPH WARRINGTON, the son of JOHN and AMY WARRINGTON, was born on the 4\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of September 1894 and baptised at Ardwick in Manchester on the 26\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of September that same year, and it appears he lived in the Ardwick area for most of his life. He married LOUISA THOMPSON in 1921, with his address at the time recorded as 23 Prince Street, confirming that he is the correct JOSEPH WARRINGTON who served with the Manchester Regiment. He died on the 29\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e of December 1947 and was buried at Gorton Cemetery.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;\"\u003eSELLER NOTE = Supporting documentation obtained and \/ or created during my research into this medal will be provided.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ePostage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003ePostage within the United Kingdom is \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003e£4.85\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e via Royal Mail Tracked 48 with signature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eInternational postage is charged at a \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eflat rate of £14.95\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e using a tracked service. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;\"\u003eIf the actual postage cost within the UK or to the destination country is lower than the amount charged, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eany overpayment will be refunded after dispatch\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Maddox Medals \u0026 Militaria ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54051488727386,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1013\/7180\/6042\/files\/IMG_3032.jpg?v=1776938673","url":"https:\/\/maddoxmedals.co.uk\/products\/ww1-medal-trio-1914-15-star-british-war-medal-victory-medal-private-joseph-warrington-manchester-regiment-gallipoli-campaign","provider":"Maddox Medals \u0026 Militaria ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}