Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Lieutenant G. E. Dodsworth, Canadian Tank Corps, late 24th Canadian Infantry Battalion

Military Medal, G.V.R. (142625 Pte. G. E. Dodsworth. 24/Can: Inf: Bn:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. E. Dodsworth) nearly extremely fine (3) £300-350

M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916. The recommendation states:

‘On Sept. 29th, was with the Lewis Gun on the flank of his Company. All the remainder of the gun crew became casualties, and under very heavy shell fire, Pte Dodsworth kept the gun in action and only withdrew to a shell hole in rear under orders from his O.C. Company. He then cleaned his gun and ammunition and remained alone on duty until assistance was sent him, all the time keeping his gun in action.’

George Edgar Dodsworth was born at Everett, Ontario, on 16 April 1894, and was a machinist by trade when he enlisted into the 76th Bn. C.E.F. at Barrie, Ontario, on 1 March 1916. He transferred to the 24th Battalion for service in France from July 1916, winning the M.M. just two months later. Dodsworth was wounded on 17 April 1917 by a gunshot wound to the left foot and invalided to England. He was commissioned as a Temporary Lieutenant in the Canadian Tank Corps on 23 November 1918, and sailed for Canada aboard the S.S. Celtic on 7 May 1919. Sold with copied service records.