| Surname: | Day |
| Initials: | G A |
| Rank: | Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 529 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the 1914 Star, Victory Medal and War Medal. First served abroad (1) France, 7/8/1914 to 18/12/1917. 7/1/1897 he enlisted in the Royal Field Artillery, 29/5/1903 transferred to MMP, 25/9/1911 promoted Cpl, 27/9/1913 promoted Sgt, 14/10/1917 promoted SSM, 29/5/1918 reverted to Sgt due to establishment. Served Home 7/1/1897 to 13/10/.1897, India 14/10/1897 to 27/11/1902, Home 28/11/1902 to 11/12/1903, Egypt 12/12/1903 to 11/3/1907, Home 12/3/1907 to 5/8/1914, BEF 6/8/1914 to 12/12/1917, Home 13/12/19 to 19/11/1918, BEF 20/11/1918 to 2/7/1919, Home 3/7/1919 to 1/8/1919 to class Z reserve. 8/11/1911 he married Elsie Brown, Spinster at the Parish Church Manningford Bruce, Wiltshire they had 4 children. 5/7/1919 he is shown as being given £2 on the Crystal Palace Demobilization Acquittance Roll. Two letters found in army record: 1. from Cavalry Section, HQ BEF, 14/11/1916, Reference the attached application for grant of Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct, from No. 529, Sgt G A Day, MMP, will you kindly note that on the 21/3/1903, this NCO was convicted of "drunkenness, after having been warned for CO's parade," and would therefore appear to be ineligible for the award, vide paragraph 1749 (d) KR's. Letter 2. to Officer i/c MP Records Aldershot from APM II Corps, dated17/2/1918. 1. With Ref to part 2 of your memo. it will be seen that the reply to query 3 on AF W3226 is "Yes, very reliable; with above exception," i e as mentioned in reply to query 2. 2. No charge of drunkenness has been made against this WO during the last 18 months, and he has a clean sheet. Lt/Col Sullivan (when APM II Corps) on one occasion, and myself on another occasion, respectively noticed a tendency on his part to insobriety, and accordingly spoke to him about it 3 I have above given you the whole facts of the case as I know it, which I hope will enable you to assess a character. George Arthur Day. He has the same No. as Sgt J Alder, MFP. Extract from the Folkestone, Hythe, Sandgate & Cheriton Herald 20 July, 1912. A CHASE ON THE RANGES. John Godsell, Charles Ralph, Harold Middleton, and Geo. Stapley, were summoned for trespassing upon the Hythe ranges in search of conies. Geo. Arthur Day, of the Military Mounted Police, stated that at about 08.40 pm. on June 28th, he was in the vicinity of 'N' range and saw the defendants and three other men on War Department land. A number of dogs were with them and the men were searching the ground for game. On the approach of witness they all bolted. He galloped after Goodsell and Ralph and also Middleton (who gave witness the name of Williams). Witness told them they would be reported. The defendant Stapley got away from witness, but he was subsequently recognised by the range warden. The men were frequently on the ranges and were well known by the School of Musketry employees. In answer to Goodsell, witness stated that the ranges were not open to the public. Stapley denied that he was on the ranges then or or at any other time. In answer to the Bench, the witness said the defendants had not nets with them. Chas. Kent of the Military Police, corroborated generally, but he could not recognise Stapley as being the man who got away. John B. Wilson, range warden, said that he saw the military policeman galloping along and realised that there was something wrong, he himself ran to the Reach Field and there met the defendants Goodsell and Ralph. He afterwards saw Stapley; witness knew them well. Ralph declared that there were two rights on way across the ranges and that when the Town Council sold the land to the War Office, they did so on the understanding that those rights of way should be allowed to exist. The Chairman said there was not sufficient evidence to shown that the men were on the ranges for an unlawful purpose. The question of trespassing did not concern the Bench; that was for the School of Musketry. The case against the men would therefore be dismissed. |
Decoration Record: | |
| Decoration: | Mention in Despatches (London Gazette: 29072 Page: 1672 Feb. 17, 1915) |
| Citation: | France & Flanders. Sgt. |
| Decoration: | Military Medal (London Gazette: 29608 Page: 5589 June 3, 1916) |
| Citation: | 1st Military Medal to MMP (Instituted 25/3/1916). |