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3 December 2020

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№ 37

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3 December 2020

Hammer Price:
£3,400

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of six awarded to Lieutenant and Quarter-Master W. W. Horsman, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment, late Royal East Kent Yeomanry and Yorkshire Regiment

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4694 Lce. Corpl. W. W. Horsman 2d. Bn. York: Regt.); 1914-15 Star (2345 Q.M. Sjt. W. W. Hoesman. R.E. Kent. Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals (Q.M. & Lieut. W. W. Horsman.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (4694 C. Sjt: W. W. Horsman. York: Regt.) mounted court style, very fine or better (6) £800-£1,000

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1919: ‘Qr. Mr. & Lt. William Wake Horsman, 9th Bn. Notts. & Derby Regt.’

Sold with copied Medal Index Card which shows that he entered the war in the Gallipoli theatre on 25 September 1915, landing on Gallipoli with the R. E. Kent Mounted Rifles on 7 October 1915. He was commissioned into the 9th Battalion, Notts. & Derby Regiment on 27 December 1916, and was attached to the 2nd Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry.