9270 PTE J.WELCH W.RID.R. (on pair)
John Welch
Born Canning Town, Middlesex 1890
Attested 1908
To France 14/8/14 with 2nd Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment
Suffered a Bullet Wound in his left arm 14/11/14 during German attack on the Ypres-Menin Road near Veldhoek Chateau
Returned to Blighty 16/11/14
Discharged as No Longer Physically Fit 29/8/15
With copy of his Medal Index Card, 19 page Digital File of his Soldiers Papers, Medal Rolls, Silver War Badge Roll & supporting documentation
Condition: On long, old silk ribbons. Slight edge knick & superficial traces of glue on BWM suspender; also light scratches around the BWM rim but it is neither corrected nor renamed. VF+
