Medal Roll Look Up Please

[Pete Th]

Hi, could someone look up the medal roll for Arthur Potts (3534 renumbered 251048)? He served in the 1st/6th Manchesters and we have newspaper reports linking him to Egypt and Gallipoli, and we also have a photo of him in tropical gear. However his MIC states theatre of war (1) France and Flanders 23rd October 1915. We think this is an error on the MIC and that he was sent, via Egypt, as part of a reinforcement draft to the 1st/6th on the peninsula. If we can confirm he only served with the 1st/6th then we can certainly say he served in Egypt and disembarked Gallipoli 23rd October 1915. His medal roll info is as follows:

BWM & VM roll H / 1 / 104B27,  page 5464.

15 Star roll H / 1 / 50 B3, page 231.

As always, any help would be much appreciated

Cheers
Pete

[mack]

hiya pete.
its a mistake on the MIC,a draft of men were sent to egypt/gallipoli on 23rd oct 1915 to reinforce the 1/6th batt

mack

[Tony1/612742]

Hi Pete,

Can we see the photo on here?

Tony

[Pete Th]

Thanks mack, we presumed it was an error but needed to check.

Tony, here's the photo (from Neil Drum). Arthur was awarded the Military Medal.

Cheers
Pete