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Pte. W. James MM & Bar.
British Army 77th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Pontlottyn, Wales
Walter James served in the Royal Army Medical Corps during WW1. One of the units he served with was 77th Field Ambulance. He was awarded the Military Medal and a Bar for that medal for some subsequent act of bravery. One report is listed as follows:Found the following in the South Wales Echo of 14 March 1917. Pte Walter James, Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, has been awarded the Military Medal for bravery in the Regina Trench, on the Somme, on the 21st October, 1916.