Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1484

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£700

A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Gunner B. A. Robinson, Royal Garrison Artillery, killed in action, 11 May 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (48649 Gnr., 32/Sge. By. R.G.A.); 1914-15 Star (48649 Gnr., R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (48649 Gnr., R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Bertram Albert Robinson), in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (5) £500-600

M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917.

Bertram Albert Robinson was born in and enlisted at Birmingham. As a Gunner in the R.G.A. he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 2 October 1915. Whilst serving with the 32nd Siege Battery, R.G.A. he was awarded the M.M. for bravery. He was killed in action on 11 May 1917 and was buried in the Feuchy British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

Sold with copied m.i.c., war diary extract and other research.