A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private W. Bute, 1st/3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, Territorial Force, who was killed in action on 12 September 1916

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (1783 Pte. W. Bute. 1/3 Lond: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1783. Pte. W. Bute, 3-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1783 Pte W. Bute. 3-Lond. R.) mounted court-style for wear, traces of lacquer, nearly extremely fine (4) £1,200-£1,600

D.C.M. London Gazette 30 March 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry in helping under very trying circumstances to get the wounded out of a trench which was being bombarded by heavy bombs.’

Wilfred Bute was born in Walthamstow and attested for the 1st/3rd (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment, Territorial Force in August 1914. Serving on the Western Front from 6 January 1915, he was one of two men awarded the D.C.M. for assisting to evacuate casualties on 23 September 1915 following the explosion of an enemy minewerfer bomb in a battery of gas cylinders. Supporting research states that it was the first time that he had experienced gas. He was killed in action almost a year later at Leuze Wood on 12 September 1916; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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