TFWM Lt Col Arthur Cary awarded TD

Territorial Force War Medal named LT COL A CARY RAMC. Note medal has Verdigris on front.

1 0f 183 officers to RAMC given TFWM.

Arthur born in Balrothery, Ireland in 1866. He joined WW1 in the Wessex Division and was awarded BWM, VM, TFWM & awarded Territorial Decoration in Sept 1915. He was with the 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade Field Ambulance. In September 1915 the brigade left for Gallipoli and arrived at Mudros on 1 October 1915 and then onto Suvla Bay. The Brigade landed in Gallipoli on 9 October and was attached to the 11th (Northern) Division. In November 1915 it was in the firing line, attached to the 2nd Mounted Division and 53rd (Welsh) Infantry Division. On 19 December 1915 it was evacuated to Imbros. In this period, the brigade consisted of the three yeomanry regiments, a signal troop and a field ambulance under the command of Brig-Gen. R. Hoare. In late December 1915, the brigade landed in Alexandria to help defend Egypt. It served on Suez Canal defence and as part of the Western Frontier Force. In February 1916, 2nd South Western Mounted Brigade was absorbed into the 2nd Dismounted Brigade. 2nd Dismounted Brigade was later renamed as 229th Brigade in the 74th (Yeomanry) Division. It served with the division in the Sinai and Palestine Campaign and on the Western Front in 1918.