Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1916 ‘Somme’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant J. Crook, Lancashire Fusiliers

Military Medal, G.V.R. (7457 Sjt: J. C. Crook. 1/Lanc: Fus:); 1914-15 Star (7457 Pte. J. Crook, Lan: Fus:); British War and Victory Medals (7457 Sjt. J. Crook. Lan. Fus.) nearly very fine (4) £360-400

M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916.

J. Crook attested for the Lancashire Fusiliers and served during the Great War with the 11th Battalion on the Western Front from 25 September 1915, and was awarded the Military Medal for service with the 25th Division during the Battle of the Somme, July to October 1916.