A Collection of Medals to the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiments
516
A rare Great War D.C.M., M.M. and Bar group of five awarded to Sergeant J. R. F. Robertson, Bedfordshire Regiment
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (14854 Sjt. J. R. F. Robertson, M.M., 2/Bedf. R.); MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R., with Second
Award Bar (14854 Pte. J. R. F. Robertson, 7/Bedf. R.); 1914-15 STAR (14854 Pte. J. R. F. Robertson, Bedf. R.); BRITISH WAR
AND VICTORY MEDALS (14854 Sjt. J. R. F. Robertson, Bedf. R.), occasional edge bruising, contact marks and polished, thus
generally good fine (5) £2500-3000
D.C.M. London Gazette 2 December 1919:
‘On 4 November 1918 during the attack on Preux-au-Bois, he displayed marked gallantry and initiative in handling his platoon. He
outflanked enemy machine-guns with great skill, and his persistence in pushing forward was one of the greatest value to the troops on
his flank. On one occasion, when an enemy machine-gun had to be attacked frontally, and the No. 1 of the Lewis gun was killed, he
seized the gun, moved forward to a commanding position, and forced the enemy gun crew to retire, thus enabling his company to
enter the village. His fine action contributed largely to the success of his company.’
M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1918.
Bar to M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918.
John R. F. Robertson, who was from Peckham, London, first entered the French theatre of war with the 7th Battalion in late July 1915,
and would have seen action on the Somme in the following year, including a fierce hand-to-hand encounter at the Schwaben Redoubt
on 28 September 1916, when 2nd Lieutenant T. E. Adlam won the V.C.; the Bar to his M.M. probably reflected gallant deeds in the
operations around the Grozat Canal in late March 1918.
517
A scarce Great War D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant J. H. Hobbs, Hertfordshire Regiment, who was
thrice wounded in the course of winning his D.C.M.
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (3318 Pte. J. H. Hobbs, 1/1 Herts. R. - T.F.); MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (265954 Cpl. - A.
Sjt. J. H. Hobbs, D.C.M., 1/Herts. R.); 1914-15 STAR (3318 Pte. J. H. Hobbs, Herts. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS
(3318 A.W.O. Cl. 2 J. H. Hobbs, Herts. R.), a little polished but generally very fine or better (5) £1600-1800
D.C.M. London Gazette 26 January 1917:
‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although twice wounded he continued to go forward displaying great courage and determination.
He was again wounded.’
Of the same action, regimental records state:
‘Private Hobbs, No. 3 Company, was acting as orderly to 2nd Lieutenant Gallo. He was hit in the arm after Splutter Trench had been
crossed, but insisted on following his officer. After going another 20 yards, he was hit in the leg, and although limping badly, again
refused to go back. He was hit again a third time and knocked over helpless. He had displayed conspicuous gallantry.’
M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.
John H. Hobbs, who was from Watford, first entered the French theatre of war in mid-February 1915, and won his D.C.M. in the Ancre
Valley on the Somme on 13 November 1916, when his Battalion captured the Hansa Line at a cost of around 150 casualties.
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