GROUPS AND SINGLE DECORATIONS FOR GALLANTRY 114
A Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Messines’ M.M., 1916 ‘Somme’ Croix de Guerre group of five awarded to Corporal G. Stanley, 1st Auckland Regiment and New Zealand Machine Gun Corps
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (12-3159 Pte. G. Stanley. 1/Auckland: R.); 1914-15 STAR (12/359 Cpl. G. Williams [sic] N.Z.E.F.); BRITISHWAR AND VICTORYMEDALS (12/3159 Cpl. G. Williams [sic] N.Z.E.F.); France, Third Republic, CROIX DEGUERRE, reverse dated ‘1914-1916’, mounted for wear, light contact marks overall, therefore generally very fine (5)
£700-900 M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917. The original recommendation states:
‘During the operations on the Messines Ridge (7th June 1917 - 9th June 1917). For his devotion to duty in carrying ammunition and water through heavy shell fire throughout the whole operation.’ France, Croix de Guerre London Gazette 1 May 1917. The original recommendation states:
‘On 27th September 1916, his Battalion attacked Grid Trench in the vicinity of Fleurs. In many places the wire in front of this trench was uncut and for a time the assault was held up under heavy fire. At one of these places Corporal Stanley, although only a private at the time, rushed forward alone and threw bombs into the enemy trench and by his brave action set his immediate portion of the assaulting line moving forward again. To show the kind of fire under which this was accomplished I may state that out of 120 men of the Company to which Corporal Stanley was attached only 40 came out unhurt.’
G. Stanley (not ‘Williams’ as erroneously named on campaign awards) was born in Invercargill, New Zealand, in 1894. He enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Auckland Regiment, 16 June 1915. Stanley served during the Great War in the French theatre of war from June 1916, and was subsequently attached to No. 1 Company, New Zealand Machine Gun Corps. He returned to New Zealand in the S.S. Ruapehu, 27 July 1919, and was discharged 26 August 1919. Stanley died in October 1966.
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A Great War 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ M.M. group of five awarded to Private T. Geange, 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, New Zealand Expeditionary Force, who distinguished himself, 4 October 1917, by single-handedly charging a machine gun crew armed only with a revolver. He was wounded in action twice during the Great War, including for his M.M. action
MILITARYMEDAL, G.V.R. (10-2151 Pte. T. Geange. 1/Well: R.); 1914-15 STAR (10/2151 Pte. T. Geange N.Z.E.F.); BRITISHWAR ANDVICTORYMEDALS (10/2151 Pte. T. Geange N.Z.E.F.) rank omitted from BWM;WARMEDAL 1939-45, mounted for display, generally good very fine (5)
£700-900 M.M. London Gazette 17 December 1917. The original recommendation states:
‘East of Ypres on the 4th October 1917 this Lewis Gunner displayed the very greatest bravery and devotion to duty. His section and another were held up by an enemy machine gun and for a time no-one could see its position. At last seeing where it was located, this soldier, whose Lewis Gun was out of action, rushed boldly forward against the enemy machine gun, armed only with a revolver. His fine example led another to follow him and together they rushed the gun. Both were wounded and his companion has since died, but the prompt and gallant action of this man gave time for the rest of his section and the gun was immediately captured and the crew killed. His courage and devotion to duty were an example and an incentive to his comrades.’
Thomas Geange was born in Upper Hutt, New Zealand, in February 1885. He enlisted in the 1st Battalion, Wellington Regiment, at Trentham, 16 July 1915. Geange joined his Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of war, 11 August 1915, but was evacuated ‘sick’ to Mudros, 19 September 1915. He embarked for France in April 1916, and was twice wounded in action - 8 June 1917 and 4 October 1917.
Geange returned to New Zealand in the S.S. Pakeha, 30 May 1919, and was discharged 27 June 1919. He died in September 1964. Sold with copied research.
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