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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 23

A Great War ´Gallipoli´ C.G.M. Group of Four to Leading Seaman J. Dewar, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, attached Drake Battalion, Royal Naval Division a) Conspicuous Gallantry Medal, G.V.R. (Cl.Z.232. J. Dewar, Lg. Sea. R.N.V.R. R.N.D. Gallipoli. 20 Nov. 1915.), minor edge bruise b) 1914-15 Star (C.Z. - 232, J. Dewar, C.G.M., L.S., R.N.V.R.) c) British War and Victory Medals (C.Z. 232 J. Dewar. Act. L.S. R.N.V.R.), generally good very fine (4) Estimate £ 5,000-7,000 C.G.M. London Gazette 31.5.1916 Acting Leading Seaman John Dewar, R.N.V.R., Clyde Z/232. ´On the 20th November, 1915, in the Gallipoli Peninsula he threw away a live grenade, which had fallen in the trench, just in time to save a serious accident.´ Leading Seaman James Dewar, C.G.M., born 1886; prior to service in the Great War he was employed as a Railway Porter; enlisted Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, 21.9.1914; served with Drake Battalion in the Gallipoli theatre of War; demobilised 25.2.1919 Approximately 13 C.G.M.s awarded to the R.N.V.R. for the Great War.

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