Military Provost Staff Corps

Soldier Details:

Surname: Weary

Initials: R.A.

Rank: Acting Sergeant

Army No.: P/2906

Notes: MMP. From Bodmin. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3) Egypt, 5/9/16 to 22/5/18. Home address: 6 Cribbage Terrace, Bodmin Cornwall. 5/8/1918 transferred to Army P Reserve. Info from Pension Index Cards:- Weary, Richard Alfred, A/Sgt, MMP, P/2906, 5/8/18 to discharge, 8/MW/3198, 3 Cribbage Terrace, Bodmin, Cornwall. Stamp: Ad 24/7/18 at 32/6 from 6/8/18 to 3/9/18, Code VV50.1473, received 25/7/18. Also:- 8/MW/3198. Weary, Richard Alfred, MMP, P/2906, A/Sgt, 5/8/18 to discharge, born 1888, married, Police Station, Bude, Cornwall, 6/8/18 awarded pension for Malaria, Attr. Richard Alfred Weary. Extract from the Cornish Guardian 19 April 1918. THE FINN, VC, MEMORIAL FUND. At a meeting of the committee of this fund on Saturday, the suggestion of the East Cornwall Hospital Committee that the fund should be devoted to the provision of an X-Ray outfit for the hospital was favourably considered and it was decided to ask the hospital committee to get some information as to the probable cost. It was at the same time suggested that one of the cots in the Hospital should still be known as the "Finn Victoria Cross Cot." It was thought however that it would be a decided advantage to the Hospital an therefore the public of the district served, if there were an X-Ray appliance in connection with the institution. We have received a letter from Sergt. R Weary, of the Military Mounted Police, BSF., enclosing £1 towards the fund. He refers to the gallantry of the late Pte. Finn, whose memory, he says, we as true Cornish men should all the more cherish now that he has paid the supreme sacrifice.

Decorations/Medals/Awards (2)

1. Decoration: Meritorious Service Medal

Gazette Date: 1918-06-03

Gazette Issue: 30719

Gazette Page: 6509

Citation: Salonika Force. Devotion to duty. L/Cpl (A/Sgt). Richard A Weary.

2. Decoration: Silver War Badge

Gazette Date: 1919-01-23

Gazette Issue: WO 392/3243

Gazette Page: List MPC/122

Citation: Badge No. B87805. Enlisted 17/12/1915, discharged 14/12/1918. WO letter 60/B 392 (xvia) Medal Branch A.G 10 dated 19-12-1918. Age 29years 2months. Served abroad.

Surname:	Weary
Initials:	R.A.
Rank:	Acting Sergeant
Army No.:	P/2906
Notes:	MMP. From Bodmin. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (3) Egypt, 5/9/16 to 22/5/18. Home address: 6 Cribbage Terrace, Bodmin Cornwall. 5/8/1918 transferred to Army P Reserve. Info from Pension Index Cards:- Weary, Richard Alfred, A/Sgt, MMP, P/2906, 5/8/18 to discharge, 8/MW/3198, 3 Cribbage Terrace, Bodmin, Cornwall. Stamp: Ad 24/7/18 at 32/6 from 6/8/18 to 3/9/18, Code VV50.1473, received 25/7/18. Also:- 8/MW/3198. Weary, Richard Alfred, MMP, P/2906, A/Sgt, 5/8/18 to discharge, born 1888, married, Police Station, Bude, Cornwall, 6/8/18 awarded pension for Malaria, Attr. Richard Alfred Weary. Extract from the Cornish Guardian 19 April 1918. THE FINN, VC, MEMORIAL FUND. At a meeting of the committee of this fund on Saturday, the suggestion of the East Cornwall Hospital Committee that the fund should be devoted to the provision of an X-Ray outfit for the hospital was favourably considered and it was decided to ask the hospital committee to get some information as to the probable cost. It was at the same time suggested that one of the cots in the Hospital should still be known as the "Finn Victoria Cross Cot." It was thought however that it would be a decided advantage to the Hospital an therefore the public of the district served, if there were an X-Ray appliance in connection with the institution. We have received a letter from Sergt. R Weary, of the Military Mounted Police, BSF., enclosing £1 towards the fund. He refers to the gallantry of the late Pte. Finn, whose memory, he says, we as true Cornish men should all the more cherish now that he has paid the supreme sacrifice.