A fine Great War ‘Battle of Loos’ 1915 D.C.M. and French Medaille Militaire group of five awarded to Sergeant William Hogg, 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, for conspicuous gallantry near Hulluch on 26 September 1915, when he took charge of the battalion machine-guns after the Machine-gun Officer was wounded, an action graphically depicted in Deeds That Thrill The Empire

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (A-6170 Sjt: W. Hogg. 2/R. Sco: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (A-6170 Sjt. W. Hogg. R. Sc: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (6170 Sjt. W. Hogg. R.S. Fus.); France, Third Republic, Medaille Militaire, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, medals unmounted, light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £1,400-£1,800

Christie’s, April 1984.

D.C.M. London Gazette 16 November 1915:
‘For conspicuous gallantry on the 26th September, 1915, near Hulluch. When the Machine-gun Officer was wounded, Sergeant Hogg took charge of the battalion machine-guns, and carried out his duties throughout the operations with marked ability and great bravery. On the 30th September, being in charge of a machine-gun posted on the extreme left of Gun Trench, and the enemy having broken through on his left and at the same time attacked him in front from a communication trench, he opened fire, killing ten of the enemy, but, as he was being bombed from both front and flank, he was forced to withdraw his gun, which he did successfully. He brought it into action again further down the trench, and continued to fight it throughout the night operations.’

Medaille Militaire London Gazette 1 May 1917.

William Hogg landed in France on 25 January 1915, and joined the 2nd Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, part of the 21st Brigade, 7th Division. The medal roll for the British War and Victory Medals shows that he ended the war in the rank of Acting Company Quartermaster Sergeant.

Sold with large gilding metal cap badge, two lugs to reverse, together with copied research including a small group picture including Sergeant Hogg, D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards, gazette notices, extracts from Battalion War Diaries and regimental history.