A Collection of Gallantry Awards to the South Wales Borderers (Part II) 669
A Great War ‘Western Front’ 1916 M.M. group of five awarded to Company Quarter Master Sergeant F. Bell, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (2-9721 C.Q.M.S. F. Bell. 2-S. Wales Bord.); 1914-15 STAR (9721 Sjt. F. Bell. S. Wales Bord); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (9721 W.O. Cl.2. F. Bell. S. Wales Bord.); ARMY L.S. & G..C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3903085 W.O. Cl.2. F. Bell. M.M. S. Wales Bord.) light pitting and contact marks, number partially obscured on last, very fine (5) £400-500
M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.
Frederick Bell served with the 2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers during the Great War in China, Gallipoli, and on the Western Front, and was awarded his Military Medal for his gallantry in the Somme sector, 1916.
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A Great War ‘first day of the Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. awarded to Private H. Starr, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers, late Essex Regiment, for his gallantry at Morcoing on 20 November 1917. He was subsequently killed in action on 15 May 1918
MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (40760 Pte. H. Starr. 2/S.W. Bord:) extremely fine £400-500
M.M. London Gazette 19 March 1918.
The original Recommendation, dated 28 November 1917, states: ‘Near Marcoing on 20 November 1917 for conspicuous courage and gallantry in the advance. Machine gun and rifle fire was opened from two or three ammunition pits in front of the Company. Private Starr and another man at once on their own initiative rushed forward with a Lewis Gun in spite of heavy fire and opened fire from the flank of their positions at very close range. This greatly assisted the rushing of these positions. Private Starr was twice wounded slightly but remained at duty till the end of the day.’
Henry Starr was born in Chadwell Heath, Essex, and attested for the Essex Regiment at Ilford, Essex. Transferring to the South Wales Borderers, he served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War, and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry at Marcoing on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai on 20 November 1917, being notified of the award of his M.M. on 15 January 1918. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 15 May 1918, and is buried in Cinq Rues British Cemetery, France.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. Griffiths, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (21707 Sjt. W. Griffiths. 2/S. Wales Bord.); 1914-15 STAR (21707 Pte. W. Griffiths. S. Wales Bord:); BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (21707 Sjt. W. Griffiths. S. Wales Bord.) edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£340-380 M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919. 672
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. J. Lewis, 2nd Battalion, South Wales Borderers
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (3-18484. Pte. W. J. Lewis. 2/S.W. Bord.); 1914-15 STAR (18484 Pte. W. J. Lewis. S. Wales Bord:); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (18484 Pte. W. J. Lewis. S. Wales Bord.) pitting from Star, edge bruising, nearly very fine (4)
£340-380 M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917.
William John Lewis attested for the South Wales Borderers and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 9 February 1915. Transferring to the 2nd Battalion, he was awarded the Military Medal, before being discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 22 March 1919.
Although Lewis’s M.M. is Gazetted as a 2nd Battalion award, his number shows him as being part of the 3rd Battalion. It is likely therefore that he was wounded whilst serving with the 1st Battalion, was then posted to the 3rd Battalion in Liverpool after hospital to gain full fitness, before returning to the Western Front on the strength of the 2nd Battalion.
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