Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry 128
A Great War 1917 M.M. awarded to Private D. Davidson, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 October 1918 during the Battle of the Selle
Military Medal G.V.R. (6254 Pte. D. Davidson. 1/Linc: R.) slight edge nicks, otherwise very fine M.M. London Gazette 26 May 1917.
£280-£320
Donald Davidson, a native of Kingussie, Inverness, attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment in Liverpool in 1902. The 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment were deployed to Kamptee, India from 1905-1910 and Aden from 1910-12 before returning to Portsmouth, England. Davidson served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914, and was awarded the Military Medal. His M.M. index card schedule number indicates an award for March or April 1917, including the First Battle of the Scarpe, 9-14 April 1917, in which the 1st Lincolnshire were heavily engaged, suffering 171 casualties.
Davidson was killed in action on 23 October 1918 at the Battle of the Selle. On this day the 1st Battalion were tasked with clearing the line of the River Harpies and the South Western portion of Vendegies au Bois. In pushing forward from the River Harpies towards Vendegies, considerable difficulty was experienced in clearing the enemy and they were held up by enemy shell-fire. The day cost the battalion 15 other ranks killed and 2 officers and 48 other ranks wounded. He is buried at Selridge British Cemetery, Montay, France. His medal index card contains a note stating ‘Mary Davidson applies for M.M. in respect of the late Donald Davidson (son) 15/3/20 – address East End, High Street, Newtonmore.’
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A Great War 1918 M.M. awarded to Private J. Thorpe, 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Military Medal G.V.R. (15141 Pte. J. Thorpe. 1/Linc: R.) edge nicks, good very fine M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919.
£200-£240
John Thorpe, a native of Leasingham, Lincolnshire, attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 6 March 1915. He was awarded the Military Medal, most likely for gallantry at the Battle of Cambrai or the Battle of the Selle, in October 1918.’
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A Great War M.M. awarded to Private H. Hughes, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment Military Medal G.V.R. (16966 Pte. H. Hughes. 2/Linc: R.) edge bruising, fine M.M. London Gazette 23 February 1918.
£200-£240
Henry Hughes attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 May 1915. He later transferred to the 1st Battalion for a time before returning to the 2nd Battalion. He was demobilised on 7 January 1919.’
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A fine Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Acting Company Sergeant Major A. Everton, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment who gallantly saved the life of his officer during the Battle of the Somme on 2 July 1916, and was severely wounded in the face during the German Spring Offensive of 1918
Military Medal G.V.R. (13757 Sjt: - A.C.S.Mjr: - A. Everton. 2/Linc: R.) light contact marks, very fine M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918.
£280-£320
Abraham Everton was born at Bardney, Lincolnshire in 1885, the son of William Everton. He attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 July 1915. On 2 July 1916, the second day of the Battle of the Somme, at great risk, he carried his wounded officer, Lieutenant H. E. Sowerby, to safety. Everton was later thanked and given a gold watch by the parents of Lieutenant Sowerby as revealed in the Lincolnshire Chronicle of 31 March 1917:
‘Sergeant Abraham Everton, of the Lincolns, son of Mr. William Everton, of Abbey Road, on July 2nd, 1916, during the Battle of the Somme, at risk of his own life, saved that of his officer, Lieutenant E. Sowerby. It was a gallant deed, and one which deserved recognition. Some days ago Sergeant Everton, who is now at Grimsby, received a beautiful gold watch, from the parents of Lieutenant Sowerby, accompanied by the following letter: “Cleethorpes, 14 March 1917. To Sergeant Everton. Dear Sir, My wife and I hope you will honour us by accepting the enclosed watch as a small memento of the great service which you rendered to our son on July 2nd 1916, when you carried him in, at the risk of your own life. We are sorry that, owing to all the officers in the company being either killed or wounded, you failed to receive the recognition you deserved. We have put a small inscription inside the watch, yours faithfully, T. Sowerby.” The inscription inside the case was: “In memory of a gallant and generous deed by Sergt. Everton.”’
Everton transferred for a time to the 6th (Service) Battalion before returning to the 2nd Battalion. He was wounded on at least three occasions during the Great War. On 4 August 1917 he was gassed. On 6 April 1918 it was reported in the Lincolnshire Chronicle that he had been shot in the right eye and bridge of nose, injuries likely sustained with the 2nd Battalion at the Battle of St. Quentin, 21-23 March 1918, during the opening stages of the Great German Spring Offensive of 1918. In mid-August 1918, one week after the announcement of his M.M. in the London Gazette, he was reported to have been again wounded. He was demobilised to Class Z reserve on 21 February 1919, at which time his pension card lists gun shot wounds to face and jaw being attributable to service. He died at Horncastle, Lincolnshire in 1962.’
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A Great War M.M. awarded to Private I. E. Brian, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, who died on 15 November 1918
Military Medal G.V.R. (32823 Pte. I. E. Brian. 2/Linc: R.) very fine M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918.
£200-£240
Ivor Edgar Brian was born in Newent, Gloucestershire, in 1895 and was a resident of Kensington, London prior to the Great War. He attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Blandford, Dorset and served with the 7th (Service) Battalion during the Great War. He later transferred to the 2nd Battalion, with which he was serving when he was awarded the Military Medal. He died on 15 November 1918 and is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Kassel, Germany. Soldiers Died in the Great War gives his place of death as France & Flanders whereas the Army Register of Soldiers’ Effects states that his place of death is officially accepted to be Frankfort. Given his burial location, the latter appears to be the more likely.
His only other entitlements were the British War and Victory Medals which were returned under King’s Regulations 1912, Paragraph 1743: medals unclaimed after 10 years to be sent to be broken up to the deputy director of stores, Royal Dockyard, Woolwich.
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