WW1 Victory Medal (Single medal only) awarded to Private ARTHUR VARLEY of the 7th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment – Wounded in action in France two days before ‘Armistice’

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You are looking at a single WW1 Victory Medal awarded to Private 62619 ARTHUR VARLEY of the 7^th (Service) Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment, who was wounded in action on the 9^th of November 1918, just two days before ‘Armistice’.

The medal is inscribed ‘62619 PVT. A. VARLEY. LINC. R.’

ARTHUR VARLEY’S home address when he enlisted into the army was 32 Beaufort Place, Roundhay Road, Leeds, and he was a copper tube piercer by profession.

He first enlisted into the 2/4^th Battalion Royal Scots on the 12^th of December 1915 but was transferred to the 31^st Protection Company of the Royal Defence Corps circa September 1916 and then moved to other units including the 325^th and 461st Company RDC, before his eventual transfer to the Lincolnshire Regiment around August 1918.

He appears to have suffered a gunshot wound to his chest on the 9^th of November 1918, two days before armistice, whilst serving with the 7^th Battalion in France, and he was taken to Rouen. Please note however, the entry is difficult to read, but appears to say ‘GW chest wall’, not GSW as usually appears, and this is followed by reference to Rouen.

 A VARLEY is also named in the War Office Daily List No 5753, described as wounded, incident date 20^th December 1918, and entitled to wear a ‘Wound Stripe’.

He appears in the Absent Voters List in 1919, described as a Lance Corporal with the 3^rd Battalion the Lincolnshire Regiment, and a JAMES VARLEY, presumably his brother, of the same address, appears also, as Private 40165 of the 15^th Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment.

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