Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Langemarck’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain C. K. Carroll, Royal Army Medical Corps, attached 5th Bn. Dorset Regiment

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Presented by H.M. King George V to Capt. C. K. Carroll, R.A.M.C. 16th August 1917’; British War and Victory Medals (Capt. C. K. Carroll) mounted as worn, good very fine (3) £750-850

M.C. London Gazette 18 October 1917, citation 7 March 1918: T./Capt. Charles Kinsley Carroll, R.A.M.C. - awarded for Langemarck 16 August 1917.

“For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He carried on his work during an attack in one of the most exposed situations regardless of his own safety. His energy and devotion to duty saved many lives.”

Sold with research including family information concerning the circumstances of his actions at Langemarck, when, the officers having become early casualties, he reportedly ‘took off his red cross identification, grabbed a pistol and led the leaderless troops to those who were advancing under officer’s command’.