The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private T. C. Petch, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, for his gallantry at the Battles of Albert and the Scarpe, August 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (201654 Pte. T. Petch. 7/Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (4965 Pte. T. C. Petch. Midd’x R.) contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £300-£400

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 24 January 1919.

Thomas Charles Petch attested for the Middlesex Regiment, and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front. He was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry at the Battles of Albert, 21-24 August 1918, and the Scarpe, 26-30 August 1918 (The History of the 7th Middlesex by E. J. King refers).