GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY 1768 A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant G. Jameson, Royal Artillery
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (166797 Sjt. G. Jameson, R.G.A.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (166797 Sjt. G. Jameson, R.A.); ARMY MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, G.V.R., 1st issue (166797 Sjt. G. Jameson, 295/Sge. By. R.G.A.), contact marks, generally very fine (4)
£300-350 M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.
George Jameson, who was from Middlesborough, was decorated for his services in France with 295th Siege Battery, R.G.A., and was similarly employed at the time of being awarded his M.S.M. (London Gazette 17 June 1918).
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A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Sergeant A. E. Smith, 1/2nd Battalion Monmouthshire Regiment, who was also awarded an M.S.M. for Gallantry
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (265385 Sjt. A. E. Smith, 1/2 Mon. R. - T.F.); BRITISH WAR MEDAL 1914-20 (1951 Sjt., Monmouth. R.), the second with re-pinned suspension claw, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise generally about very fine (2)
£450-550
Ex Monmouthshire Regiment Collection, D.N.W. 29 June 2006. M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918.
Albert E. Smith, a native of Cwmearn, was most probably decorated for his services in the 1/2nd Battalion in the Cambrai operations of 1917, the regimental history recording that notification of his M.M. was received in January 1918. He had served in the same unit with the B.E.F., having being embarked for active service in early November 1914 (m.i.c. entry refers), so he may well have participated in the famous “Christmas Truce” - an officer of the Battalion recalled that a page of the Pontypool Free Press was tied to a soldier’s rifle and waved as a flag of truce, the enemy, some 50 yards off, coming forward to exchange souvenirs.
More significantly, however, Smith was also the recipient of a “Gallantry M.S.M.” (not in lot), an award that was announced in the London Gazette on 17 April 1917:
‘On 5 January 1917 during bombing practice, an N.C.O. throwing a live bomb for the first time struck the back of the trench with his hand, thereby losing hold of the bomb which fell to the bottom of the trench. Sergeant Smith, in spite of being obstructed by the thrower, managed to get to the bomb, picked it up and threw it over the parapet where it immediately exploded. Sergeant Smith has served nearly 26 months in France and been wounded.’
With copied research. 1770 A Great War M.M. and Bar awarded to Corporal S. Emmett, 8th West Yorkshire Regiment
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R., WITH SECOND AWARD BAR (18-383 L. Cpl. S. Emmett. 8/W. York: R.) polished, otherwise very fine £200-250
M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918. Bar to M.M. London Gazette 11 December 1918.
1771
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private H. Slater, 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (2-10210 Pte., 2/S.W. Bord.) very fine M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.
£200-240
Harold Slater enlisted on 27 November 1908. With the South Wales Borderers he entered the Asiatic theatre of war on 23 September 1914. With the 2nd Battalion he was awarded the M.M. Discharged on 9 October 1917, aged 30 years and awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c. and roll extract.
1772
A Great War M.M. awarded posthumously to Sergeant Ernest Coyne, 1st Scottish Rifles, who was killed in France in July 1916
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (10798
A.Sjt: E. Coyne. 1/Sco: Rif:) nearly extremely fine £200-250
M.M. London Gazette 19 February 1917: ‘His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to approve of the award of the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under-mentioned Non-commissioned Officers and Men, since deceased, who have been lia or died of wounds or disease subsequent to the date of the award of the Military Medal to them by the Commander-in-Chief in the Field.’
Sergeant Ernest Coyne was killed in action on 20 July 1916, and is buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval. 1773
A Great War M.M. awarded to Private S. H. Murden, 15th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, who was later awarded the D.C.M.
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (17976 Pte., 15/Hants. R.) some contact marks, very fine Ex A.N.S. Collection, M. & E. 24/25 May 2006.
£400-500
D.C.M. London Gazette 25 November 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He fought his machine gun with great courage and skill, inflicting great losses on the enemy. Later, he carried a message under very heavy fire.’ M.M. London Gazette 10 August 1916. With some copied research.
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