Auction Catalogue

5 November 1991

Starting at 11:30 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 292

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5 November 1991

Hammer Price:
£400

A Military Medal group of four awarded for the first day of the Somme to Warrant Officer Charles J. R. Wright, 4th Middlesex Regiment

MILITARY MEDAL, G.V.R. (1679 Sjt., 4/Middx. R.); 1914-15 STAR (L-Cpl.); BRITISH WAR and VICTORY MEDALS (A.W.O. Cl.2), some contact wear, otherwise very fine and rare (4)

M.M., London Gazette, 23 August 1916: The War Diary of the 4th Bn. Middlesex Regiment confirms the award of the Military Medal to Sgt. C. Wright of A Company for operations at Fricourt on July 1st, 1916. Further details and research accompany the group.