Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

British War Medal 1914-20 (Capt. D. L. Mc.C. Drew.) very fine £70-£90

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919.

Douglas Laurel McCready Drew was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the Royal Garrison Artillery on 28 December 1914, and served with both the Artillery and on attachment to the 5th Field Survey Battalion, Royal Engineers during the Great War on the Western Front from September 1915. Advanced Captain, for his services with the latter unit, specifically with the Sound Ranging Section, he was awarded the Military Cross. Post-War, he was a noted Classics scholar and Professor of Greek.

Drew’s brother, Arthur Malcolm McCready Drew, served during the Great War as an Acting Captain with the Middlesex Regiment, and was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross (London Gazette 15 March 1918).

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and London Gazette entries.