GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY
839
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. G. Morris, Seaforth Highlanders
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (5975 L. Cpl.-L. Sjt. W. G. Morris, 7/Sea. Hdrs.); 1914-15 STAR (5975 Sjt. W. G. Morris, Sea.
Highrs.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (5975 Sjt. W. G. Morris, Sea. Highrs.), generally very fine (4) £400-500
M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918.
William Griffith Morris enlisted in the Seaforth Highlanders in London in November 1897, shortly after which he was appointed a
Bandsman, and in which capacity he served until December 1909, and again from April 1910 to September 1912. In the interim,
having been embarked for India in February 1903, he participated in the Bareilly Expedition on the North West Frontier in 1908,
thereby gaining entitlement to the relevant Medal & clasp. He returned to the U.K. in December of the following year.
Posted to the 7th Battalion in the rank of Corporal on the outbreak of hostilities in August 1914, Morris was embarked for France in
May 1915, where he gained rapid promotion, being appointed Company Quarter-Master Sergeant in October of the same year, shortly
after the Battalion’s part in the battle of Loos. However, as a result of a conviction for drunkenness later that month, he was reduced to
Private.
Next engaged on the Somme in mid-July 1916, the 7th Battalion sustained around 500 casualties in attacks on Longueval and Delville
Wood, while in April 1917 it participated in the opening of the Arras offensive and, in November, the Passchendaele operations - so
here probable actions for the award of the M.M. Meanwhile, too, Morris had been gaining steady advancement, and by the time of the
German “Spring Offensive” he was a Sergeant - on that memorable occasion, the 7th fought for four whole days and nights, at times
almost surrounded by the advancing Germans. Later moved to Ypres, the Battalion participated in the final Allied advance, suffering
330 casualties after a number of actions leading to the capture of Harlebecke.
Following another clash with authority in late 1920, on this occasion for absenting himself without leave, Morris was discharged after
facing a District Court Martial, but was allowed to retain his rank of Sergeant.
840
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. T. Williams, Royal Army Medical Corps
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (366261 Pte., 1/2 Welsh F.A. R.A.M.C.-T.F.); 1914-15 STAR (2270 Pte., R.A.M.C.); BRITISH WAR AND
VICTORY MEDALS (2270 Pte., R.A.M.C.) very fine (4) £260-300
M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918.
William T. Williams came from Swansea. As a Private in the R.A.M.C. he entered the Balkans theatre of war on 19 October 1915. For
his wartime services he was awarded the Military Medal and was disembodied on 26 May 1919. The 2nd Welsh Field Ambulance (T.
F.) was part of the 53rd Welsh Division which saw service in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine.
With copied m.i.c. and gazette extract.
841
A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Gibson, Royal Field Artillery
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (49936 Sjt. J. Gibson, D. 102/Bde. R.F.A.); 1914-15 STAR (49936 Bmbr. J. Gibson, R.F.A.); BRITISH
WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (49936 Sjt. J. Gibson, R.A.), mounted as worn, generally very fine (4) £300-350
M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918.
John Gibson, a native of Keighley, first entered the French theatre of war as a Bombardier in the Royal Field Artillery in late August
1915.
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