Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1916 ‘Battle of Aubers Ridge’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private G. J. Whiting, 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10033 Pte. G. [sic] Whiting. 1/Glouc: R.); 1914-15 Star (10033 Pte. G. J. Whiting. Glouc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10033 Pte. G. J. Whiting. Glouc. R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (4) £300-£340

M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916, the original recommendation (for a D.C.M.) jointly listed with Privates D. Evans and F. King states:

‘At Ferme du Bois, 9/5/1915 under heavy rifle and machine gun fire, bandaging and bringing in a wounded man after the rest of the platoon had retired.’

George F. Whiting served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment in the French theatre of war from 2 February 1915. He was awarded the M.M. retrospectively for his gallantry during the Battle of Aubers Ridge, 9 May 1915.

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