Auction Catalogue

30 March 2011

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 975 x

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30 March 2011

Hammer Price:
£920

A Great War ‘Crossing of the Ancre’ D.C.M. awarded to Serjeant P. J. Ryan, 11th Battalion Royal Fusiliers

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (7940 Sjt., 11/R. Fus.) together with Royal Fusiliers cap badge, good very fine (2)
£750-850

D.C.M. London Gazette 16 January 1919. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the crossing of the Ancre on the early morning of 22nd August 1918 when two platoons of the company of which he was A/CSM were held up in the marshes, he went back under intense machine-gun fire, organised them, and guided them by the only path by which it was possible to advance. Throughout six days’ fighting he showed great coolness and enterprise.’

The recipient came from Marylebone.