Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal J. Tate, Machine Gun Corps - who was later awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal

Military Medal, G.V.R. (19171 L. Cpl., 58/Coy. M.G.C.) some edge bruising and contact marks, very fine £220-260

D.C.M. London Gazette 30 October 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an enemy attack. He kept his gun firing under heavy shell and machine gun fire, inflicting very severe casualties on the advancing enemy. After covering the withdrawal of the infantry he led his team back, he then went through a hail of bullets to fetch his tripod, which had been left behind, and at once got his gun into action again. He displayed fine courage and determination.’

M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.

Jack Tate came from Bradford, W. Yorkshire. As a Private in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 6 March 1915. In 1916 he was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps where he won both the M.M. and D.C.M.