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21 May 2020

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№ 54

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21 May 2020

Hammer Price:
£240

A Great War 1918 ‘Egyptian theatre’ M.M. awarded to Private W. Conn, 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, attached Royal Engineers, and a veteran of the Gallipoli campaign

Military Medal, G.V.R. (240339 Pte W. Conn. 1/5 R. Sc: Fus.) good very fine £200-£240

M.M. London Gazette 25 April 1918.

William Conn was a native of Lugar, Ayrshire. He served during the Great War with the 1/5th Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 6 June 1915. Conn was attached to the Royal Engineers when he was awarded the M.M. for his services in the Egyptian theatre of war.