The John Chidzey Collection

A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Major V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton, Royal Engineers

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Lieut. V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton, R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Major V. F. Stapleton-Bretherton), mounted as worn, contact marks, otherwise generally very fine (4) £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Chidzey Collection.

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M.C. London Gazette 7 January 1918:

‘For valuable services in connection with military operations in the Field.’

Vincent Francis Stapleton-Bretherton was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 2nd (The St. Helens) West Lancashire Field Company, R.E. in September 1914 and first entered the French theatre of war in early January 1915. Advanced to Acting Major in December 1917, he was awarded the M.C. and a brace of “mentions” (London Gazettes 4 January and 18 May 1917 refer). After the War, he settled at Rainhill, Lancashire.