The Upfill-Brown Collection

A posthumous D.C.M. awarded to Private J. Royle, 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, for gallantry in action at Spion Kop where he was killed

DISTINGUISHED CONDUCT MEDAL, V.R. (4761 Pte. J. Royle, 2/Lanc. Fus.) officially engraved naming, good very fine and very rare

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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D.C.M. recommendation submitted to the King on 18 April, 1901 and announced in the London Gazette, 19 April, 1901. Private J. Royle was killed in action at Spion Kop on 24 January, 1900. Details recommending the award of the D.C.M. were published in the London Gazette, 8 February, 1901: '4761 Private J. Royle, 24th January, Spion Kop, ammunition carrier - conspicuous gallantry in carrying several wounded men from firing line.' Seven posthumous awards of the D.C.M. are known to have been made during the Boer War.