Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Arthur Philip Joseph Radcliffe) in card envelope, extremely fine £160-£200

M.C. London Gazette 18 June 1917.
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He went forward under heavy fire and established an Operating Post. Although wounded shortly after, he remained at his post, continuing to direct the fire of his battery and sending valuable information as to the situation throughout the day.’

Arthur Philip Joseph Radcliffe was born on 14 January 1896 in St Thomas, Exeter, Devon, the only son of Lieutenant-Colonel Philip Radcliffe, and grandson of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, 3rd Baronet of Milnesbridge House, Yorkshire. He was educated at Beaumont College in Old Windsor and was commissioned Second Lieutenant into the Royal Field Artillery on 10 February 1915. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917) and was awarded the Military Cross in June 1917 whilst serving as acting Captain with the 71st Brigade, R.F.A. Wounded in his M.C. exploits, it may well have been those wounds that proved fatal as he died just two months later on 18 August 1917. He is buried under a C.W.G.C. headstone in Fulham (St Thomas of Canterbury) Roman Catholic Churchyard.