MODERN MEDALAL

A Distinguished Conduct Medal from the First World War issued to Sgt. G. H. Humber of the Royal Field Artillery. The obverse bears a profile head of George V looking left; the reverse the inscription in three lines, FOR / DISTINGUISHED / CONDUCT IN THE FIELD. The edge has the inscription SGT. G. H. HUMBER RFA.The medal is only slightly distorted. A small shred of the attached ribbon also survived.Following the finding of this medal during an outing by the Weekend Wanderers Metal Detecting Club efforts were made by the Finds Liaison Officer to whom the medal was reported to discover more about Sgt. Humber, with the intention of returning the medal to the descendants of the recipient. Census and death records showed that George Humber was born on the Isle of Wight in 1889 and died there, near Brighstone, in 1985, aged 94. The London Gazette's citation on the award of this medal (03/09/1919) states that Sgt. Humber served with Battery A in the 38th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He had served in France since 1915 and in the following three years had carried out 'invaluable work both as a corporal and a sergeant'. 'He has been through all the heavy fighting in 1916, 1917 and