The presentation of the Distinguished Conduct Medal to Sergeant W. H. Ridley, Royal Garrison Artillery, in the Market Place, Reading, 27 November 1917, during the First World war. The presentation is being made by Brigadier-General E. A. W. S. Grove, C.B. In the background, on the east side of the Market Place, behind the Soane Obelisk, are Nos. 9-11 (Sutton and Sons, seedsmen); No. 7 ("Reading Mercury" offices); Nos. 6 (Geoerge Russell Butler and Son, estate agents); and Nos. 3 and 5 (the showrooms of the Reading Electric Supply Company). 1910-1919
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black and white photograph, 11 x 15 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Soldiers -- Reading -- IllustrationsStreet scenes and landscapes -- Reading -- IllustrationsMarket Place -- Reading -- IllustrationsSeedsmen -- Reading -- IllustrationsEstate agents -- Reading -- IllustrationsMonuments -- Reading -- IllustrationsNewspaper offices -- Reading -- IllustrationsElectricity supply -- Reading -- IllustrationsSU717734World War, 1914-1918 -- Reading -- illustrations
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2725725
