Auction Catalogue

17 September 1999

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Regus Conference Centre  12 St James Square  London  SW1Y 4RB

Lot

№ 475

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17 September 1999

Hammer Price:
£400

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Group Captain G. Y. Tyrrell, Royal Air Force, late 3rd Battalion, East Kent Regiment

Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut., E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt., R.A.F.) 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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Collection

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Guy Yelverton Tyrrell was born on 5 November 1893, and was commissioned into the East Kent Regiment in 1914. He served with the 3rd Battalion in France and Belgium, and was attached to the Royal Flying Corps as Flying Officer on 12 December 1917. He transferred to the Royal Air Force on 1 April 1918 as Flying Officer, becoming Flight Lieutenant in December 1923, and Group Captain in June 1940.