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An unusual Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. P. Barrett, Yorkshire Dragoons, late Imperial
Yeomanry
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State,
Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24146 S.S. Maj. F. Barratt, 11th Coy. Imp. Yeo.), note surname
spelling; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. F. P. Barrett); TERRITORIAL FORCE WAR MEDAL 1914-19 (Capt. F. P. Barrett, York
Dns.); TERRITORIAL FORCE EFFICIENCY MEDAL, E.VII.R. (1275 Sq. Q.M. Sjt. F. Barrett, York Dgns. Yeo.); YORKSHIRE IMPERIAL YEOMANRY
MEDAL, 3rd Battalion, 1901-1902 (24146 T.S.M. F. Barrett), the second with officially corrected surname, contact marks
and somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine (7) £1600-1800
M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.
Frank Peace Barrett served as a Squadron Sergeant-Major in the 11th Company, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa 1901-02, including
operations in Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State (Medal & 5 clasps).
During the Great War he first entered the French theatre of war in November 1916, in the rank of Acting Captain in the Yorkshire
Dragoons, his MIC entry further confirming the award of his Territorial Force War Medal in October 1922.
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A fine Great War ‘Festubert’ M.C. group of eleven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel A. G. Graham, Scottish Rifles, later
Pioneer Corps: having survived the decimation of the 6th Battalion at Festubert in May 1915, he added the American
Medal of Freedom to his accolades in the 1939-45 War and later still volunteered for service as a Police Reservist in
the Mau Mau troubles
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse privately inscribed, ‘Major A. G. Graham, Scottish Rifles, June, 1915’; 1914-15 STAR
(Capt. A. G. Graham, Sco. Rif.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, with small M.I.D. oakleaf (Lt. Col. A. G. Graham); 1939
-45 STAR; ITALY STAR; DEFENCE AND WAR MEDALS 1939-45, with M.I.D. oakleaf; AFRICA GENERAL SERVICE 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (E.
1020 Sp. (R.) A. G. Graham, M.C.); CORONATION 1953; U.S.A., MEDAL OF FREEDOM, with palm, cleaned overall, very fine or
better (11) £1600-1800
M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916.
U.S.A. Medal of Freedom London Gazette 23 May 1947. The original recommendation states:
‘Lieutenant-Colonel Alexander Graham, M.C., Pioneer Corps, British Army, Allied Commission, Region Venezie: for exceptionally
meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services in Italy from 23 September 1943 to 8 May 1945.
While serving with 46th Division, British Army, on the Garigliano River front in the winter of 1944, Lieutenant-Colonel Graham
distinguished himself as a Civil Affairs Officer, in an area immediately under fire. He and one American enlisted man evacuated 350
civilians from the town of Rocci di Vandro, over a mule track covered with two feet of snow. It was an operation that required 14
hours, under continuous shell and mortar fire. The party which he evacuated included 14 stretcher cases, two typhus cases which died
on the way out, and one woman who gave birth to a child during the progress of the operation. The evacuation was necessary for the
improvement of the military situation and this officer, with great courage and fearlessness, overcoming almost insurmountable
difficulties, made a contribution to the progress of the Allied Army that reflected great credit on the Allied Military Government
organization, and the American Brigadier-General under whom he served.
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