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№ 606

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2 December 2009

Hammer Price:
£3,000

An unusual Great War M.C. group of seven awarded to Captain F. P. Barrett, Yorkshire Dragoons, late Imperial Yeomanry

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (24146 S.S. Maj. F. Barratt, 11th Coy. Imp. Yeo.), note surname spelling; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. F. P. Barrett); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Capt. F. P. Barrett, York Dns.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, E.VII.R. (1275 Sq. Q.M. Sjt. F. Barrett, York Dgns. Yeo.); Yorkshire Imperial Yeomanry Medal, 3rd Battalion, 1901-1902 (24146 T.S.M. F. Barrett), the second with officially corrected surname, contact marks and somewhat polished, otherwise generally very fine (7) £1600-1800

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Frank Peace Barrett served as a Squadron Sergeant-Major in the 11th Company, Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa 1901-02, including operations in Cape Colony, Transvaal and Orange Free State (Medal & 5 clasps).

During the Great War he first entered the French theatre of war in November 1916, in the rank of Acting Captain in the Yorkshire Dragoons, his MIC entry further confirming the award of his Territorial Force War Medal in October 1922.