A Great War ‘Battle of Kut’ D.C.M. group of five awarded to Serjeant W. Cole, Dorset Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7728 Pte., 2/Dorset Regt.); 1914-15 Star (7728 Pte., Dorset R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (7728 Pte., Dorset R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, Regular Army (5718090 Sjt., D.C.M., Dorset R.) last with correction to service number, some contact marks, very fine (5)

D.C.M. London Gazette 22 January 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Kut-al-Amara (Mesopotamia), on the 28th September 1915, in bringing up ammunition to the firing line at least three times under heavy fire’.

M.I.D. London Gazette 5 April 1916.

Private William Cole, Dorset Regiment, entered the Asiatic theatre of war on 6 November 1914. Serving in Mesopotamia with the Dorsets he won a D.C.M for the battle of Kut, 27-28 September 1915. The regimental history states: ‘After some months spent in Amara the battalion covered themselves in glory at the Northern Redoubt which they took at bayonet point during the assault on Kut in September 1915. Not listed among the Dorset’s taken after the fall of Kut-al-Amara. Sold with copied m.i.c. and other research.