The Collection of Medals to the Tank Corps formed by the late Bill Green

A fine Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. J. Smith, 1st Battalion, Tank Corps, formerly 6th London Regiment, for the attack at Beaucourt-en-Santerre on 8 August 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (200108 Pte., 1/Tank C.); 1914-15 Star (3039 Pte., 6-Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (3039 Pte., 6-Lond. R.) good very fine (3) £600-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Tank Corps formed by the late Bill Green.

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M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919. The recommendation states ‘For conspicuous courage and devotion to duty during our attack on 8 August 1918, in the vicinity of Beaucourt-en-Santerre. This man was the driver of tank 9842, which did invaluable work in locating and destroying machine-gun nests. He drove his machine through an inferno of anti-tank fire, and when his officer descended in order to better direct him, he followed out the directions given with the utmost collness and exactitude, though bullets were penetrating his tank in all directions.’