Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Forewoman Margaret G. Gale, later Lady Cox, Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps

British War and Victory Medals (2773 Fwm. M. G. Gale. Q.M.A.A.C.) mounted for wear, good very fine (2) £120-£160

Margaret Goddard Gale was born in Hornsey, Middlesex, on 15 March 1896. She attested into Queen Mary’s Army Auxiliary Corps on 14 August 1917 for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front from 4 September 1917 to 3 March 1919. She was discharged as being medically unfit on 16 May 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. 479,898.

Post-War in India, Miss Gale married Brigadier Matthew H. Cox, C.I.E., O.B.E., M.C., Indian Army, who was later knighted in 1960 for services in connection with development projects in India. She died in Chichester, West Sussex, in March 1978.

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