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A rare Darfur 1916 operations M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant S. Hart, attached Military Works
Department, Egyptian Army
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (Lieut. S. Hart); EGYPT, ORDER OF THE NILE, 4th class
breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel; KHEDIVE’S SUDAN 1910-21, 4 clasps, Darfur 1916, Lau Nuer, Nyima 1917-18,
Aliab Dinka, unnamed as issued, clasp rivets sewn on the last, good very fine or better (4) £1600-1800
M.C. London Gazette 4 June 1917. Samuel Hart, who was attached to the Egyptian Army, participated in the Darfur operations of 1916,
for which he was mentioned in despatches for the ‘military operations from the occupation of El Fasher to the conclusion of
hostilities’ (London Gazette 29 May 1917 refers), and awarded the M.C. He subsequently served in operations against the Lau Nuers
and in the Nyima Hills and Nuba Mountains Province 1917-18, and in the operations against the Aliab Dinka 1919-20, and was
awarded the Order of the Nile, 4th class (London Gazette 22 April 1921 refers), in addition to qualifying for the above described
Khedive’s Sudan Medal & 4 clasps and a single British War Medal 1914-20; sold with copied MIC entry which also refers to his
entitlement to the clasps for “Nyima 1917-18” and “Aliab Dinka”.
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A Great War D.C.M. group of five awarded to Colour-Sergeant W. E. Large, Cheshire Regiment, late Grenadier
Guards
DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, G.V.R. (11330 C.Q.M. Sjt. W. E. Large, 9/Ches. R.); QUEEN’S SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902, 3
clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (2477 Corpl. W. Large, Gren. Gds.); 1914-15 STAR (11330 Pte. (A.
Sjt.) W. E. Large, Ches. R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (11330 C. Sjt. W. E. Large, Ches. R.), generally good very fine
(5) £1200-1400
D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to for over two years. He has always rendered
invaluable services during many active operations in personally supervising the taking up of rations, often under very adverse
conditions, and has set a fine example to all ranks.’
William Edward Large was born at Davenham, Northwich and enlisted in the Grenadier Guards direct from the 2nd (Volunteer)
Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in June 1890, aged 18 years. Gaining steady advancement to Lance-Sergeant in July 1895, he was
convicted of drunkenness in at a District Court Marshal in the following year and reduced to Private, but had regained a Lance-
Corporal’s stripe by the time of being transferred to the Army Reserve in June 1897.
Recalled on the outbreak of the Boer War, he served in the 3rd Battalion in that theatre of war from April until July 1902, gaining
entitlement to the above described Medal & clasps (accompanying roll verification refers), and was discharged on his return to the U.K.
But with the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, he re-enlisted, and was posted to the Cheshire Regiment and, having been
advanced to Acting Sergeant that October, went out to France in 9th (’Butterfly’) Battalion in mid-July 1915. Confirmed in his rank at
the end of the year, he would have been present with the Battalion on the Somme in July 1916, when it was engaged in heavy fighting
around La Boiselle on the 2nd-4th, actions that resulted in casualties in excess of 300 men.This then one of the chapters of his wartime
career reflected in his D.C.M. citation, although regimental records state that he was decorated for a specific act of bravery on 10 July
1917. Be that as it may, Large, by now a Company Quarter-Master Sergeant, remained on active service until the War’s end, a period
encompassing the award of the V.C. to 2nd Lieutenant Hugh Colvin for gallant deeds with the “Butterflies” on 20 September 1917.
Large was demobilised in March 1919 and in later life a resided in Northwich, Cheshire and and was the recipient of a Chelsea
Pension. He died in October 1938; sold with research.
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