The Collection of Medals Formed By Dr A W Stott

An Ypres Salient D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private A. Walmsley, 17th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers
Three: Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (57435 Pte. A. Walmsley, 17/Lan. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (57435 Pte., Lan. Fus.) very fine (3)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals Formed By Dr A W Stott.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 2 December 1919: ‘For most conspicuous devotion to duty and gallantry during the attack west of Courtrai on the 14th October, 1918. Whilst forming up, preparatory to the advance, the whole of his Lewis-gun team were wounded. Although wounded in the arm himself, he conveyed the wounded men to a place of safety. He secured another man to carry the spare-parts bag and magazines for his gun, and performed some extraordinarily good work in the initial stages of the attack. He remained at duty until very badly wounded a second time, and his gun put out of action.’

Andrew Walmsley died of his wounds on 6 April 1929. A Grimsby man, he was only 18 when he joined the Lancashire Fusiliers, and went to the front in May 1918. He won the D.C.M. for gallantry on the Somme when he was19. In the first six months he was at the front he was wounded, blown up, and gassed. Although he worked for some time after being demobilised he never recovered from spinal trouble, caused by a wound, and he had been in bed for the last six years.