Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1914 ‘Battle of the Aisne’ D.C.M. awarded to Sergeant W. J. J. Leach, Royal Army Medical Corps

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (18722 Pte W. J. J. Leach. R.A.M.C.) contact marks, good fine £600-£800

D.C.M. London Gazette 17 December 1914:

‘For exceptionally good work at the dressing stations at Bucy Le Long and St. Marguerite, during the bombardment of the 14th to the 18th September.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 20 October 1914 (Sir John French).

William J. J. Leach (also listed as ‘Leech’) served during the Great War with the Royal Army Medical Corps in the French theatre of war from 22 August 1914.