Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain L. Powell, M.C., Royal Field Artillery, late 28th Battalion, London Regiment

1914-15 Star (2945. Pte. L. Powell, 28-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. L. Powell.); Coronation 1937, mounted as worn with a gap on the riband bar where the recipient’s M.C. would have been, good very fine (4) £200-240

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

M.I.D. London Gazette 14 December 1917.

Lawrence Powell, of Guildford, Surrey, served with the 28th Battalion, London Regiment (Artists Rifles) during the Great War on the Western Front from 27 March 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery Special Reserve on 7 October 1915. Attached Headquarters, 121st Brigade, R.F.A., he was advanced Captain, was Mentioned in Despatches, and was awarded the Military Cross.