Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry 92
A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Lance-Corporal T. McNeilage, 10th (Service) Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
Military Medal, G.V.R. (10625 L. Cpl. T. McNeilage. 10/A. & S. Hdrs.); 1914 Star, with copy clasp (10625 Pte. T. McNeilage. 2/A. & S. Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (10625 Cpl. Y. McNeilage. A. & S. H.) mounted for display, generally nearly very fine or better (4)
£300-£400 M.M. London Gazette 19 September 1916.
Thaddeus McNeilage served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in the French theatre of war from 10 August 1914. He subsequently advanced to Lance-Corporal and was serving with the 10th (Service) Battalion at the time of the award of his M.M. The latter served as part of the 26th Brigade, 9th (Scottish) Division on the Somme, July - October 1916.
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A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Fromelles’ M.M. awarded to Company Quarter Master Sergeant W. Saunders, 57th Australian Infantry Battalion, Australian Imperial Force, for the rescue of at least 30 men from No Man’s Land between 19 - 22 July 1916. He was wounded in action, 29 September 1918
Military Medal, G.V.R. (4588 Cpl. W. Saunders. 57/Aust: Inf: Bn:) contact marks, nearly very fine M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916. The original recommendation states:
‘At Petillon during the period from 19th to 22nd July 1916 Corporal Saunders, by his example and his own splendid efforts, was responsible for the recovery of at least 30 men from 'No Man's Land'. He was probably the first man in this portion of the line who went out to aid and bring in the wounded.’
William Saunders was born in Myamyn, Victoria, in 1885, and enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force, at Melbourne, 9 September 1915. He served with the 57th Australian Infantry Battalion as part of the 15th Australian Brigade, 5th Australian Division in the French theatre of war from June 1916.
Saunders was awarded the M.M. for his gallantry at Petillon, as part of the Battle of Fromelles, Somme, 19 - 22 July 1916. As the least damaged Battalion of the Division it fell to the 57th to be the rescuers of their fallen comrades. The 57th were awarded 4 M.M.s for the Battle of Fromelles.
Saunders was promoted Corporal in the field, 23 October 1916, and to Sergeant in the field, 14 November 1916. He subsequently served as Temporary Company Quarter Master Sergeant, and was wounded in action, 29 September 1918. Saunders returned to Australia in the S.S. Ascanius, 9 February 1919.
£600-£800
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A Great War 1916 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant G. F. Curtis, 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment, later King’s Own Shropshire Light Infantry
Military Medal, G.V.R. (2283 Sjt: G. F. Curtis. 1/Herts: R. - T.F.); 1914 Star, with clasp (2283 Pte. G. F. Curtis. 1/1 Herts: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (2283 Sjt. G. F. Curtis. Herts. R.) mounted for display, generally very fine (4)
£360-£400
M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916. M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917.
George F. Curtis served during the Great War with the 1/1st Battalion, Hertfordshire Regiment (Territorial Force) in the French theatre of war from 6 November 1914. The Battalion served as part of the 118th Brigade, 39th Division on the Somme, August - November 1916. Curtis subsequently served with the King’s Own Shropshire Light Infantry.
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A Great War Western Front M.M. group of six awarded to Driver G. A. J. Hales, 1st London Field Company, Royal Engineers Military Medal, G.V.R. (1036 Dvr.: G. A. J. Hale. 1/Lond: R.E.); 1914-15 Star (1036. Dvr. G. A. Hales, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1036 Spr. G. A. J. Hales. R.E.) note spelling of surname on last three; Defence Medal; Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R. (George Alfred Joseph Hale M.M.) very fine
Five: Constable B. J. Hale, Metropolitan Police, late Royal Naval Patrol Service 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star, 1 clasp, France and Germany; War Medal 1939-45; Police Long Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (Const. Bernard J. Hale) these four mounted as worn; France, Legion of Honour, Chevalier’s breast badge, silver and enamel, in Arthus Bertrand case of issue; together with Normandy 1944 and R.N.P.S. 1939-45 commemorative medals, both in cases of issue, generally very fine or better (13)
£500-£600 M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916.
George Alfred Joseph Hale was born in 1895 and was a telephone mechanic by trade. He joined the Royal Engineers and served in France from 12 December 1914. He married 10 July 1920, Alice Baxter, and had two sons, George, who was killed when the Halifax he was flying was shot down over the Bay of Biscay in 1943, and Bernard. He died on 10 June 1968, aged 73. Sold with copied m.i.c (Hales), two post card portrait photographs in uniform and another post card from France to his future wife Alice.
Bernard John Hale was born in 1924 and became a messenger boy for the G.P.O. on leaving school. In 1941 he joined the Royal Navy as a wireless operator with the Sea Cadets, and in 1946 joined the Metropolitan Police. Sold with two wartime photographs, one with his brother before he was killed, and copied photographs of him in old age receiving the Legion of Honour.
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