Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant E. L. Coomber, 4th South African Infantry, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (5303 Sjt: E. L. Coomber. 4/S.A. Inf:); 1914-15 Star (Pte. E. L. Coomber 12th Infantry); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Sjt. E. L. Coomber. 4th S.A.I.); together with an erased Memorial Plaque, good very fine (5) £500-£700

M.M. London Gazette 12 November 1918

E. L. Coomber attested for the South African Forces and served with the 4th South African Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front. Present at the action at Delville Wood in July 1916, it was most likely for his gallantry here that he was awarded the Military Medal. He was killed in action on the Western Front on 8 October 1918, and is buried in Beaurevoir British Cemetery, France.