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Auction: 1006 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 22

A Great War 1915 ´Western Front´ D.C.M. Group of Five to Private L. Smith, Border Regiment a) Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9570 Pte. L. Smith. 2/Bord. Regt.) b) 1914 Star and Bar (9570 Pte. L. Smith. 2/Bord: R.) c) British War and Victory Medals (9570 Cpl. L. Smith Bord.R.) d) India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (3589483 Sjt. L. Smith Bord. R.), generally very fine or better (5) Estimate £ 1,200-1,400 D.C.M. London Gazette 1.4.1915 9570 Pte. L. Smith, 2nd Bn Border Regiment ´For gallant conduct in conveying messages on many occasions whilst exposed to the enemy´s fire´ 3589483 Sergeant Leonard Smith, D.C.M., served during the Great War with the 2nd Battalion Border Regiment on the Western Front, from 5.10.1914; landing as part of the 7th Division the 2/Borders were thrust straight into the action at the First Battle of Ypres, fighting throughout the battle, and suffering heavily, particularly 22nd-24th October when the battalion ´had lost four hundred and more´ (Official History of the War, Military Operations, France and Belgium 1914, refers); in the early part of 1915 Smith´s battalion were also engaged in the Battle of Neuve Chappelle.

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