GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY 963
A Great War North Russia M.C. group of three awarded to Captain C. H. Fuller, Middlesex Regiment, attached 45th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R.; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS, with M.I.D. oak leaf (Capt. C. H. Fuller) extremely fine (3) £1200-1500 M.C. London Gazette 21 January 1920: Lieut. Charles Hutson Fuller, Middlesex Regt., attd. 45th Bn., R. Fus.
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On 10th August, 1919, during the attack on Lipovets, he led his company to the attack against machine-gun fire. The attack was successful, but he was shot through the stomach. His evacuation through the forest, which was much harassed by parties of the enemy, lasted for 48 hours, during which he showed great pluck.”
Sold with Ministry of Pensions correspondence granting a ‘disablement addition’ to his retired pay and wound pension of £100 a year, for ‘gunshot wound , left buttock and pelvis’; and an original news cutting concerning his death during the Second World War, having recently resigned as a Major serving with the 5th Bn. West Sussex Home Guard, which states, “He was seriously wounded in Russia in 1919 and the wound never healed. Despite this he made repeated applications to the War Office to be allowed to serve with the regular forces during the present war... He was a very fine soldier and when his wound compelled his resignation from the Home Guard the Battalion suffered a grievous loss. From 1915 to 1926 he served with the second Middlesex Regiment, winning the M.C. and mention in dispatches.”
964
A Great War ‘Langemarck’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. K. Carroll, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 5th Bn. Dorset Regiment
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by H.M. King George V to Capt. C. K. Carroll, R.A.M.C. 16th August 1917’; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. C. K. Carroll) mounted as worn, good very fine (3)
£750-850
M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917, citation 7 March 1918: T./Capt. Charles Kinsley Carroll, R.A.M.C. - awarded for Langemarck 16 August 1917.
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried on his work during an attack in one of the most exposed situations regardless of his own safety. His energy and devotion to duty saved many lives.”
Sold with research including family information concerning the circumstances of his actions at Langemarck, when, the officers having become early casualties, he reportedly ‘took off his red cross identification, grabbed a pistol and led the leaderless troops to those who were advancing under officer’s command’.
965
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain T. C. D. Watt, Royal Army Medical Corps
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R.; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (Capt. T. C. D. Watt); VOLUNTARYMEDICAL SERVICESMEDAL (Dr. T. C. D. Watt) extremely fine (4)
£750-850
M.C. London Gazette 9 January 1918: T./Lt. Thomas Charles Dalrymple Watt, M. B., R.A.M.C.
“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty under exceptionally difficult and trying circumstances. Owing to continual rain and heavy shelling, no trenches were available, and the men had to be distributed amongst shell holes, the regimental aid post being in the open. He attended to the wounded unceasingly all day under continuous shell fire, repeatedly going through heavy fire to administer first aid. Owing to the mud, many of the men would undoubtedly have been drowned but for his prompt assistance, and it was due to his splendid organisation and devotion to duty that all the wounded were evacuated by the evening.”
Sold with four original portrait photographs of Captain Watt and his family by T & R Annan and Sons, Glasgow.
966
A Great War M.C. attributed to Lieutenant E. A. Mackintosh, Seaforth Highlanders, killed in action, 21 November 1917
MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lt. E. A. Mackintosh, Seaforth Highlanders, May 16th 1916’, in case of issue, nearly extremely fine
£350-400
M.C. London Gazette 24 June 1916. ‘2nd Lt. (temp. Lt.), 1/5th Bn. Sea. Highrs., T.F.’ ‘For conspicuous gallantry. He organised and led a successful raid on the enemy’s trenches with great skill and courage. Several of the enemy were disposed of and a strong point destroyed. He also brought back two wounded men under heavy fire.’
2nd Lieutenant Ewart Alan Mackintosh, 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), entered the France/Flanders theatre of war. On 16 May 1916 his leadership and bravery brought him the award of an M.C. He was killed in action on 21 November 1917 and was buried in the Orival Wood Cemetery, Flesquierse, Nord, France.
A noted ‘war poet’, his poems ‘A Highland Regiment’ and ‘War, The Liberator’ were published in 1917 and 1918 respectively. With a copied photograph and research.
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