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6 & 7 December 2017

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№ 54 x

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6 December 2017

Hammer Price:
£850

A Great War ‘St Quentin’ D.C.M. group of six awarded to Corporal A. P. H. Werner, Royal Field Artillery

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (L.4981 Cpl. A. P. H. Werner. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (L-4981 Gnr: A. P. H. Werner. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (L-4981 Cpl. A. P. H. Werner. R.A.); Defence and War Medals, very fine (6) £700-900

D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1919:

‘L/4981 Cpl. A. P. H. Werner, C/153rd Bde. R.F.A. (Walworth). For conspicuous and untiring devotion to duty in laying and maintaining telephone communications, especially during the battle of St Quentin in March 1918, and the retirement which followed; as also in action at Ypres. During these periods he did his duty regardless of danger, frequently under heavy shell fire.’