The Collection of Medals formed by Dr A W Stott

A fine B.E.F. Military Cross group of six awarded to The Reverend J. E. G. Quinn, Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, attached 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, later killed in action at Salerno
Military Cross, G.VI.R., the reverse officially dated ‘1940’ and additionally named; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 8th Army; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, together with named condolence slip, extremely fine (6)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed By Dr A W Stott.

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M.C. London Gazette 20 December 1940. The following recommendation was extracted from War Office records: ‘Rev. Quinn acted as chaplain to the Bn throughout the operations in Belgium and France and was outstanding for the cool manner in which he tended to the wounded without a thought for his own safety. On every occasion when the Bn occupied a defensive position he refused to go back to the transport lines but stayed in the forward area, encouraging the men and by his personal example of fearlessness inspiring all who came in contact with him. On several occasions, owing to the M.O. becoming a casualty, he took charge of the R.A.P. He was badly wounded on 28 May, while tending the injured. He showed a fine example of coolness and courage.’

The Reverend Joseph Edward Gough Quinn was the son of the Reverend Chancellor James Quinn of St Judes Church, Belfast. He was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church College, Oxford, and was Ordained at Oxford in 1938. He was killed in action in Italy on 23 September 1943 and is buried in Salerno War Cemetery.