Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Sergeant William D. Roberts, 1/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry, who was mentioned in despatches for Egypt and awarded the bronze Al Valore Militare

British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (236 Sjt. W. D. Roberts. Denbigh. Yeo.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (236 Cpl. W. D. Roberts. Denbigh. Yeo.); Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (345008 Cpl. W. D. Roberts. 24/R.W. Fus.:); Italy, Al Valore Militare, bronze, unnamed as issued, mint mark crowned Z over ‘F.G’, the last with some verdigris on the reverse, some light contact marks, otherwise good very fine (5) £500-600

M.I.D. London Gazette 12 January 1920 (Egypt).

Al Valore Militare, bronze London Gazette 31 August 1917.

The 1/1st Denbighshire Yeomanry served in Egypt from March 1916. In February 1917, the unit was converted to 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welch Fusiliers. It took part in the invasion of Palestine in 1917 and 1918, including the Second (17–19 April 1917) and Third Battles of Gaza (27 October–7 November), including the capture of Beersheba on 31 October and the Sheria Position on 6 November. At the end of 1917, it took part in the capture and defence of Jerusalem and in March 1918 in the Battle of Tell 'Asur. The battalion landed at Marseilles in May 1918 and fought in France for the rest of the war.

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