GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY 1076
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Acting Corporal F. Bayliss, 1/8th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (30652 Pte., 1/8 R. War. R.-T.F.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (4564 A-Cpl., R. War. R.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, nearly very fine and better (3)
£280-320
M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917. The recipient came from Birmingham.
1077
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Corporal E. E. Hurley, 1st Battalion Worcestershire Regiment and Cambridgeshire Regiment
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (43060 Pte-L. Cpl., 1/Worc. R.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS, small M.I.D. oakleaf (339570 Pte., Camb. R.) mounted as worn; together with a Grand Lodge of England bronze badge, unnamed, with neck collar, edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£280-320 M.M. London Gazette 17 June 1919.
The recipient came from Taunton. Also served in the Gloucestershire Regiment and the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. M.I.D. not confirmed. With copied m.i.c.
1078
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. Watson, 2/1st Battalion Honourable Artillery Company - Infantry
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (9637 Pte., 2/1 H.A.C.-T.F.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (9637 Pte., H.A.C.-Inf.) good very fine (3)
£400-500 M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917.
1079
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Lance-Sergeant P. Wearn, D.C.M., M.M., Wiltshire Regiment
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (9352 Pte P Wearn, Wilt R) claw tightened; BRITISHWAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (9352 LSgt P Wearn, Wilts R) these three are later issues; together with a Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R., naming erased, mounted for wear, good very fine and better (4)
£300-400
D.C.M. London Gazette 17 April 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations. By his resource and total disregard of personal danger, he was able to maintain telephone communication intact. On one occasion he attacked, single-handed, six of the enemy.’
M.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916.
Percy Wearn came from Brockenhurst, Hampshire. As a Private in the Wiltshire Regiment he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 19 July 1915. Entitled to the 1914-15 Star.
His m.i.c. records that his D.C.M. was found by a member of the public in April 1928 and that the D.C.M. was re-issued in September 1929.
Some characters on the erased D.C.M. can be discerned indicating that the medal was originally awarded to a member of the Machine Gun Corps.
1080
A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. P. Mooney, Northumberland Yeomanry and Northumberland Hussars
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (H-270877 Pte., 1/1 Nth’d. Hrs.-T.F.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (1812 Pte., North’d. Yeo.) some contact marks, nearly very fine (3)
£400-500
M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918. The recipient came from Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
1081
A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private L. R. Damon, 4th Battalion Dorsetshire Regiment
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (201586 Pte., 4/Dorset R.); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (3460 Pte., Dorset R.); INDIA GENERAL SERVICE 1908-35, 1 clasp, Malabar 1921-22 (5719232 Pte., Dorset R.) nearly very fine (4)
£400-460
M.M. London Gazette 20 August 1919 (Mesopotamia). The recipient came from Chiselbourne. With copied gazette extracts.
www.dnw.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164 |
Page 165 |
Page 166 |
Page 167 |
Page 168 |
Page 169 |
Page 170 |
Page 171 |
Page 172 |
Page 173 |
Page 174 |
Page 175 |
Page 176 |
Page 177 |
Page 178 |
Page 179 |
Page 180 |
Page 181 |
Page 182 |
Page 183 |
Page 184 |
Page 185 |
Page 186 |
Page 187 |
Page 188 |
Page 189 |
Page 190 |
Page 191 |
Page 192 |
Page 193 |
Page 194 |
Page 195 |
Page 196 |
Page 197 |
Page 198 |
Page 199 |
Page 200 |
Page 201 |
Page 202 |
Page 203 |
Page 204 |
Page 205 |
Page 206 |
Page 207 |
Page 208 |
Page 209 |
Page 210 |
Page 211 |
Page 212 |
Page 213 |
Page 214 |
Page 215 |
Page 216 |
Page 217 |
Page 218 |
Page 219 |
Page 220 |
Page 221 |
Page 222 |
Page 223 |
Page 224 |
Page 225 |
Page 226 |
Page 227 |
Page 228 |
Page 229 |
Page 230 |
Page 231 |
Page 232 |
Page 233 |
Page 234 |
Page 235 |
Page 236 |
Page 237 |
Page 238 |
Page 239 |
Page 240 |
Page 241 |
Page 242 |
Page 243 |
Page 244 |
Page 245 |
Page 246 |
Page 247 |
Page 248 |
Page 249 |
Page 250 |
Page 251 |
Page 252 |
Page 253 |
Page 254 |
Page 255 |
Page 256 |
Page 257 |
Page 258 |
Page 259 |
Page 260 |
Page 261