Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

A Great War 1917 ‘French theatre’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. C. Guyatt, 23rd Company, Machine Gun Corps
Military Medal, G.V.R. (55842 Pte F. C. Guyatt. 23/Coy M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (55842 Pte. F. C. Guyatt. M.G.C.) with a carbon copy of the M.M. citation, two hand written copies of a poem entitled ‘Home’, ‘written by F. C. Guyatt in the trenches, France, May 8th 1917’, VM officially renamed, generally good very fine

Pair: Private A. J. Guyatt, Wiltshire Regiment, killed in action on the Western Front, 27 September 1915
1914-15 Star (10315 Pte A. J. Guyatt. Wilts: R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (10315 Pte. A. J. Guyatt. Wilts. R.) with Princess Mary Christmas Tin, Christmas Card, named enclosures for campaign medals, and letter from the Army Record Office confirming recipient’s death, generally good very fine

Pair: Mr B. E. S. Wood
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, in card box of issue addressed to ‘Mr B. E. S. Wood, 3 Wades Grove, Winchmore Hill, London, N21’, and telegram to this address signed ‘Bernard’ and dated 29 December 1945, and other ephemera, nearly extremely fine (lot) £360-£400

M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917:

‘Private Guyatt advanced through heavy shell fire to his position carrying his gun when all his N.C.O.’s had been put out of action he assumed command of his gun team.

Throughout the day he displayed great courage and skill in bringing his gun into action and in engaging detachments of the enemy which were seen advancing.’

Frederick C. Guyatt resided at 8 Wade’s Hill, Winchmore Hill. He served during the Great War with the Machine Gun Corps in the French theatre of war.

Alfred Joseph Guyatt was born at Shrewton, Wiltshire, and served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment on the Western Front. He was killed in action on the Western Front, 27 September 1915, and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.