Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War ‘Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. C. Page, 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment

Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut., E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt.) good very fine (4) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Brett Collection of Medals to The Buffs.

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M.C. London Gazette 10 January 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He kept crossing “No Man’s Land” under intense fire to reorganise companies, thereby materially assisting in the captured ground being held until reinforcements arrived.’

Awarded for the Battle of Tronsloy Ridge on the Somme, the following details of which are taken from Historical Records of The Buffs by R. S. H. Moody: ‘The zero hour was fixed at 1.45pm on 7th October, but the enemy must have known what was coming, for an hour before that the Buffs were heavily shelled, and at 1.50pm the Germans opened a tremendous machine gun fire and shrapnel barrage on the front trenches...The battalion, forty strong, was taken out of action by the adjutant, Captain Page, the only officer who was not killed or wounded.’