Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry x41 Family Group:
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain R. G. Cordiner, Lincolnshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 4 October 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. R. G. Cordiner. Linc. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. G. Cordiner.) very fine
Pair: Attributed to Squadron Leader H. G. Cordiner, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with the related miniature awards, these mounted as worn and additionally including a M.I.D. oak leaf, extremely fine (6)
£800-£1,200
M.C. London Gazette 22 September 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Though wounded he continued to lead his company in the attack till a second time wounded severely in the face.’
Robert (Roy) Grote Cordiner was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, on 9 February 1897, the son of the Reverend Robert Cordiner and his wife Josephine, the daughter of Major J. W. I. Stockwell, and was educated at Lancing College. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Lincolnshire Regiment on 22 September 1914, and was promoted Lieutenant in January 1915. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 September 1915, and was promoted Captain the following month. He was wounded three times, being awarded the Military Cross for continuing to lead his men although wounded, and was finally killed in action on 4 October 1917. A brother officer wrote: ‘I should like to express to you my very great appreciation and admiration of Roy, who was not only my best friend in the Regiment, but one of the most gallant officers I have ever known. Although so young, he was an exceptionally capable officer, and the efficient, thoughtful, and cool manner in which he commanded his company under all circumstances won for him the admiration of all his brother officers and the almost idolized devotion of the men under his command Although wounded at an early stage of the recent action in which the Regiment took part, he refused to leave his men, and went on till he was shot through the head by a sniper. His winning personality made for him friends innumerable, and we all mourn his loss very deeply, and can only judge your sorrow by our own.’
Cordiner has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium. Sold with copied research including a photographic image of the recipient.
Hugo Grote Cordiner was born in Great Malvern, Worcestershire, in 1903, the son of the Reverend Robert Cordiner and his wife Josephine, and the younger brother of Robert Grote Cordiner. He was commissioned Pilot Officer in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve on 23 June 1941, and was promoted Flying Officer on 1 October 1942, and Flight Lieutenant on 1 January 1946. For his services during the Second World War he was twice Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 1 January 1945 and 1 January 1946). He retired with the rank of Squadron Leader on 1 June 1954.
For the medals awarded to the the recipients’ grandfather, Major J. W. I. Stockwell, see lot 260.
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A Great War ‘German Spring offensive 1918’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. K. Podd, 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment, late 28th London Regiment
Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse neatly engraved in script ‘Capt. J. K. Podd 2nd West Yorkshire Regt March 1918’; 1914-15 Star (2611. Pte. J. K. Podd. 28-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. K. Podd.) good very fine (4) £800-£1,000
M.C. London Gazette 26 July 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. After the battalion had launched a counter-attack he pushed forward to a very advanced position and sent back excellent reports containing most valuable information, which he could only get at considerable risk. Later, he displayed great courage and resource in reforming troops who had been driven back and re-establishing a line. In these operations he was wounded.’
Jack Kenneth Podd attested for the 28th London Regiment on 8 September 1914, and served in France from 22 January 1915. He was commissioned as Second Lieutenant into the 2nd West Yorkshire Regiment on 28 August 1915. Wounded at Ovillers, Somme, on 1 July 1916, by a gunshot in the right shoulder, he was evacuated to England on 8 July, the bullet having been removed at Le Touquet. He returned to France in July 1917 where he was wounded again on 28 March 1918, by a H.E. shell, during the 2nd West Yorkshire’s counter-attack on the enemy bridge-head at Eterpigny, his gallantry on this occasion being recognised with the award of an Military Cross.
Sold with copied attestation papers and medical reports.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant W. M. Gullick, Hampshire Regiment
Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lieut. W. M. Gullick.) mounted as worn and housed in a leather case, good very fine (3)
£500-£700
M.C. London Gazette 21 December 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. Although wounded, he led a bombing raid against the enemy with great courage and determination.’
Walter Manning Gullick was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the South Lancashire Regiment on 23 February 1915, before transferring to the Hampshire Regiment on 23 November 1915. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 11 July 1916, before returning home, presumably on account of his wounds, in October of that year. Promoted Lieutenant on 27 April 1917, he saw further service on the Western Front from July 1917 to August 1918, and then with the Russian Intervention Force from April to September 1919. He was decorated with his Military Cross on 4 August 1920, and was advanced Captain on 4 May 1926. He relinquished his commission on 14 June 1930.
Sold with copied Medal Index Card and other research. Note: The recipient’s Mention in Despatches is unconfirmed, and a note on his Medal Index Card states:’ No M in D.’
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