A LATE BATTLE OF LANGEMARCK "MILITARY MEDAL"
To:
20050
Cpl H. SANDERSON. 43/Coy MACHINE GUN CORPS



Above: Photo of Herbert Sanderson probably taken upon enlistment with the Yorks Light Infantry (no cap badge yet issued).

Below: Herbert here as a Corporal in M.G.C.cap with his sister & mother. An MM ribbon is just visible over his left top pocket.

KILLED-IN-ACTION
28th August 1917
(Previously 11439. Pte H Sanderson. Yorks Light Infantry)
From Goole

To France 21st May 1915. Entitled to a 1915 Trio.

LONDON GAZETTE: 19th November 1917


[43rd MACHINE GUN CORP "Infantry"]
The 43rd Machine Gun Company formed at Houtkerque on the 16th of February 1916 and joined 14th (Light) Division . They were in action on the Somme seeing action in The Battle of Delville Wood and The Battle of Flers-Courcelette. In 1917 they fought in The German retreat to the Hindenburg Line, The First and Third Battle of the Scarpe at Arras, The Battle of Langemark and The First and Second Battle of Passchendaele. In 1918 they returned to the Somme. On the 1st of March 1918 they joined with the other Machine Gun Companies of the Division to form 14th Machine Gun Battalion.








An excellent casualty gallantry award to a Yorkshireman from Goole.

£595