Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1917 ‘Battle of Cambrai’ M.M. awarded to Company Sergeant Major P. Carroll, 12th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action whilst serving with the 2nd Battalion on the Western Front, 28 September 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (8272 Sjt: P. Carroll. 12/S.W. Bord:) good very fine £260-£300

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1918.

Phillip Carroll was born in Cwmbran, Mon, Wales. He served during the Great War with the 12th (Service) Battalion, South Wales Borderers on the Western Front. Carroll was awarded his M.M. for gallantry during the attack on Bourlon Wood, 23 - 25 November 1917, as part of the Battle of Cambrai (Battalion War Diary refers).

Carroll advanced to Company Sergeant Major and transferred to the 2nd Battalion. He was killed in action whilst serving on the Western Front, 28 September 1918. Company Sergeant Major Carroll is buried in the Hooge Crater Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium.