The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Russian Intervention’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private F. E. Woodroffe, No. 1 Special Company, Middlesex Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (15179 Pte. F. E. Woodroffe. Midd’x R.); 1914-15 Star (L-15179. Pte. F. E. Woodroofe [sic]. Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (L.15179 Pte. F. E. Woodroofe [sic]. Midd’x R.) VM with officially re-impressed naming, light contact marks, very fine (4) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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M.M. London Gazette 3 January 1920:
‘For bravery in the Field with the British Forces in North Russia.’

Frederick Edwin Woodroffe (also spelt Woodroofe) attested for the Middlesex Regiment at North Kensington and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1915. He subsequently served with No. 1 Special Company during the Allied Intervention in North Russia, 1919-20.