Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant C. S. Flack, 3rd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10004 Copl. C. S. Flack. 3/Worc: R.); 1914 Star, with clasp (10004 Pte. C. S. Flack. 3/Worc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (10004 Sjt. C. S. Flack. Worc. R.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 21 November 1916.

Charles Sidney Flack arrived in France with his battalion on 21 August 1914, where they took up defensive positions around Ciply the following day. After the initial engagement with the enemy on 24 August, the battalion was in constant action during the retreat from Mons. By 1916 the battalion was positioned on the Somme and took part in the initial and many subsequent battles. Most notable were the attacks at Leipzig redoubt on 5 July 1916, the assault on Ovillers of 10-17 July, and the attack on Hindenburg Trench with the 1st Wiltshire Regiment during which involved hand to hand fighting with bayonet and bomb. Flack’s Gazette date would suggest his M.M. was awarded for action during this period. Flack was discharged due to wounds on 16 April 1917, and awarded the Silver War Badge.

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