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15 September 2021

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№ 104

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15 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£550

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal A. Eaton, York and Lancaster Regiment, who was badly gassed on 7 September 1916

Military Medal, G.V.R. (1797 Cpl. A. Eaton. 1/4 Y. & L.R. - T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1797 Pte. A. Eaton. York: & Lanc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (200289 Sjt. A. Eaton. Y. & L.R.) light contact marks, very fine (4) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 4 September 1916.

Alfred Eaton was born in 1890 and attested for the York and Lancaster Regiment (Territorial Force) on 2 April 1908. Posted to the 1st/4th Battalion, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 April 1915, and was advanced Sergeant on 6 July 1916. He was wounded from gas poisoning in September 1916- the recipient’s own account states:
‘I was Sergeant in charge of a platoon on 7 September 1916. On gas coming I made a rush to get the men out who were sleeping and got gassed in doing so whilst in action.’

Eaton was discharged on account of his having been gassed on 11 October 1917, and was subsequently awarded a Silver War Badge.

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