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26 & 27 September 2018

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Lot

№ 82

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26 September 2018

Hammer Price:
£400

A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal J. C. Robinson, Northumberland Fusiliers and Cheshire Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (52744 Pte. J. C. Robinson. 11/Ches: R.); 1914-15 Star (1115 Pte. J. C. Robinson. North’d Fus.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (1115 Cpl. J. C. Robinson. North’d Fus.) about extremely fine (4) £300-400

M.M. London Gazette 26 March 1917: ‘52744 Pte. (L./C.) J. C. Robinson, Ches. R.’

M.I.D.
London Gazette 8 July 1919: ‘Robinson, 52301 Cpl. (A./Sjt.) J. C., M.M., 1st Bn., Cheshire Regiment.’

James C. Robinson attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 November 1915. Transferring to the Cheshire Regiment (his Medal Index Card giving the Regimental number 52301) he served first with the 11th Battalion, and then with the 1st Battalion, and was awarded the Military Medal and Mentioned in Despatches. Promoted Corporal, and appointed Acting Sergeant, he was demobilised on 3 April 1919.