A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. F. Carr, Indian Army, who charged with his men and liaised with the artillery to hold back the enemy

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (No. 1509 Gnr. J. F. Carr, 1/(C.P.D.) Group Garr. Arty. I.D.F.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J. F. Carr.) the Star a later re-issue by the Government of India, good very fine (4) £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917; citation published 11 March 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He fired his section from the infantry firing line with great gallantry throughout an action. He charged with the infantry, and, having got into the enemy trenches, gained communication with his section by telephone, and thereby brought an effective fire to bear at a critical moment upon a vigourous hostile counter-attack.’

John Fenton Carr was born in Tottenham, Middlesex, on 2 August 1887. A pre-war bank clerk, he initially served during the Great War as a Gunner in the Calcutta Volunteer Battery Garrison Artillery, Indian Defence Force. Posted to East Africa from 3 October 1914, he was likely heavily engaged in curbing early German ambitions in Kenya and Tanganyika. Appointed to a commission as Second Lieutenant in the 28th Mountain Battery, Carr was awarded the Military Cross and later raised Captain in the 118th Pack Battery, Indian Army Royal Garrison Artillery. Transferred to India, the recipient’s MIC appears to indicate further entitlement to the IGSM, clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919. Carr died soon thereafter in Italy on 23 March 1923.