DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL-MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES GROUP OF FOUR TO REGIMENTAL SERGEANT MAJOR EMBLING ROYAL BERKSHIRE REGIMENT-ALSO ENTITLED TO A RUSSIAN CROSS OF ST GEORGE

Distinguished Conduct Medal (George V) Named to: 5443 C.S.MJR R.EMBLING R.BERKS R
1914 Star with original clasp,named to: 5443 C.S.MJR E EMBLING.2/R.BERKS R.
British War and Victory Medals, named to: 5443 A W O.CL1 R.EMBLING R.BERKS R.(Victory Medal with M.I.D.emblem).
Medals about good very fine overall,slight e/bruise to D.C.M.mounted on pin for wearing.(His other two Medals were probably mounted on a seperate wearing bar)
Distinguished Conduct Medal London Gazette: 11th March 1916: 5443 Company Sergeant Major R Embling 2nd Bn., R Berks R. "For consistent good work since his battalion arrived at the front.He has set a fine example"
Russia,Cross of the Order Of St George (4th class) London Gazette 24th August 1915.
Mentioned in despatches: London Gazette 22 June 1915.
Richard Embling was born in Farringdon,Berks in 1878,and joined the Royal Berkshire Regiment in 1898.He was a prominent Sportsman,and was a member of the Football,Hockey and Bayonet fighting teams.He landed in France on 6th November,1914,and apart from his decorations, was also awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal.He was discharged in 1920, and died in 1959 in Croydon.
A full set of pension records are available online,and several images of him are also available online-see the Royal Berkshire regiments online page,"The Wardrobe"
A superb Regimental Sergeant Majors D.C.M.entitled to Russia Cross of St George group.

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