Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry 65
A Great War 1917 ’3rd Ypres’ M.M. awarded to Private T. Edgar, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Machine Gun Corps, who was also awarded the 34th Division Card of Honour and was wounded in 1918
Military Medal, G.V.R. (24719 Pte. T. Edgar. 26/Nth’d: Fus:) contact marks and edge bruising, fine M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918
£180-£220
Thomas Edgar was a native of Newcastle upon Tyne and served during the Great War on the Western Front initially with the 26th (Service) Battalion (3rd Tyneside Irish), Northumberland Fusiliers, as part of the 103rd Brigade, 34th Division. The edition of the London Gazette containing his M.M. carries awards for October 1917, Battle of Passchendaele Ridge, during which the 3rd Tyneside Irish fought near Poelcapelle in appalling conditions between 12 and 23 October 1917. The Battalion War Diary entry for 12 October 1917 described the terrain as ‘very bad, country half flooded with water - whole Battalion area one sea of mud’. During this period the battalion lost 80 officers and men killed or wounded and others reported missing. Edgar’s M.M. award is entered in the diary on 18 November 1917. Edgar was also awarded the 34th Division Card of Honour for his service with the 3rd Tyneside Irish. The battalion was then disbanded during February 1918 and he transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. In June 1918 the St. George’s Gazette reported him as wounded. Medal Index Card confirms entitlement to British War and Victory Medals.
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A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. and ‘Balkan Operations’ Serbian Gold Medal for Bravery group of five awarded to Corporal J. Stewart, Scottish Rifles
Military Medal, G.V.R. (265418 L.Cpl. J. Stewart. 1/7 Sco: Rif: -T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1854 Pte. J. Stewart. Sco: Rif:); British War and Victory Medals (1854 Cpl. J. Stewart. Sco. Rif.); Serbia, Kingdom, Gold Medal for Bravery, 31mm, bronze, with replacement ring suspension, good very fine and better (5)
£400-£500
M.M. London Gazette 9 July 1917. Serbian Gold Medal for Bravery London Gazette 15 February 1917.
John Stewart attested for the Scottish Rifles, and served with the 1st/7th Battalion (Territorial Force) during the Great War in the Balkan theatre of War from 14 June 1915, and subsequently served on the Western Front, being awarded the Serbian Gold Medal for Bravery for operations in the former theatre, and the Military Medal for operations in the latter theatre.
Following the cessation of hostilities Stewart emigrated to Australia, and served with the New South Wales Ambulance Corps, being awarded gold and silver efficiency awards 1938-40, and the gold ‘Life Member’ award in 1946.
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A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private J. A. Holden, Rifle Brigade, who was killed in action on 1 April 1918
Military Medal, G.V.R. (S-30010 Pte. J. A. Holden. 11/Rif. Bde.); British War and Victory Medals (S-30010 Pte. J. A. Holden. Rif. Brig.); Memorial Plaque (James Arthur Holden) extremely fine (4)
£700-£900
Provenance: Michael Haines Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2002. M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.
James Arthur Holden was born in Camberwell, London, and attested for the Rifle Brigade in Brixton. He served with the 11th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 April 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France.
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