Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal W. J. Carter, Machine Gun Corps, who was subsequently awarded a Second Award Bar, and was killed in action on 1 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R., with copy Second Award Bar (84649 Pte. -A.L. Cpl.- W. J. Carter. 2/M.G.C.) polished, nearly very fine £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 13 November 1918.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 13 March 1919.

William James Carter was born in Oxford, and attested for the Army Service Corps. He served with them, and subsequently with the 2nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded both the Military Medal and a Second Award Bar. He was killed in action on 1 October 1918, and is buried in Flesquieres Hill British Cemetery, France.

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