Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private C. H. Madden, 13th (County of London), London Regiment (Kensington’s), who was killed in action on the Western Front, 3 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (491803 Pte C. H. Madden. 13/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4664 Pte. C. H. Madden. 13-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

Charles Henry Madden was a native of Notting Hill, London. He served during the Great War with the 1/13th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (Kensington’s) in the French theatre of war. Madden was killed in action whilst serving with the Battalion on the Western Front, 3 October 1918, and is buried in the Cagnicourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. The Battalion carried out patrols along the Sensee Canal, 30 September - 8 October 1918.