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A Great War 1917 ‘Passchendaele’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal W. W. Brown, Army Cyclist Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (13466 L.Cpl. W. W. Brown. 18/C.C. Bn: A.C.C.) minor edge nick, otherwise extremely fine £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.

William Walter Brown attested for the Army Cyclist Corps on 12 September 1914 and served in the 60th (London) Divisional Cyclist Company, 18th Cyclist Corps Battalion. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front, and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry at Passchendaele - the history of the 60th (London) Divisional Cyclist Company refers to his award of the Military Medal for his gallantry in what became known as ‘A Chinese Attack’, on 25 September 1917, at Bavaroise Farm to a point 200 yards south of the river Stroombeek, Passchendaele, when dummies or silhouettes of soldiers were used to distract enemy fire during an assault on the enemy trenches. He was discharged on 20 June 1919, and was awarded a Silver War Badge, no. B244442.

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