Auction Catalogue

9 & 10 May 2018

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 24 x

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9 May 2018

Estimate: £400–£500

A Great War M.C. attributed to Captain J. Paterson, London Regiment

Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘J. Paterson. Capt. 14/Lond. Regt. 23rd June 1915.’ very fine
£400-500

M.C. London Gazette 23 June 1915.

J. Paterson served during the Great War with the 14th County of London Battalion (London Scottish), London Regiment (Territorial Force); was three times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915; 15 June 1916; and 4 January 1917); and was awarded the Military Cross in 1915. He was subsequently advanced Major, Territorial Force Reserve.

Note: Major Paterson’s 1914 Star trio, together with a Great War Military Cross, unnamed as issued, is held by the Regimental Museum.