Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant Leonard Gumby, 1/ 4th Battalion West Riding Regiment

MILITARY CROSS, G.V.R., the reverse engraved 'Reutel, Lieut. Leonard Gumby, 13th March, 1918'; BRITISH WAR AND VICTORY MEDALS (2. Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals to the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment from the Collection of Mr Donald Hall.

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M.C., London Gazette, 22 June, 1918. 'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When in command of a raid on a hostile strong point, he and his party of twenty men captured thirty-seven prisoners and three machine guns, and inflicted severe casualties on the enemy. His conduct and leadership were most gallant throughout.' Sold with copies from the Regimental History giving a full account of the operations on the Reutel Sector, Passchendaele Ridge.