Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part I)

A Great War M.M. to Company Sergeant Major V. Burke, Grenadier Guards

Military Medal, G.V.R. (11203 C.S. Mjr., 1/G. Gds.) nearly extremely fine £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the collection of Angela and the late Douglas Bertram.

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M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916.

Valentine Burke was born in Bilston, Staffordshire and enlisted at Wolverhampton. Serving as a C.S.M. with the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, he was awarded the Military Medal. He was killed in action on 31 July 1917, aged 33 years, whilst serving as a Corporal with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.