Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. Machin, 17th Lancers and Guards Machine Gun Regiment

1914 Star, with clasp (5882 Pte. J. Machin. 17/Lrs:); British War and Victory Medals (L-13337 Pte. J. Machin. 17-Lrs.) nearly very fine (3) £120-£160

John H. Machin attested for the 17th (Duke of Cambridge’s Own) Lancers, and served during the Great War on attachment to the 2nd Life Guards on the Western Front from 6 August 1914 - he was reputedly the first 17th Lancer to land in France during the Great War. He transferred to the Guards Machine Gun Regiment on 10 May 1915.