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Auction: 14002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 59

A Great War 1917 'Polderhoek' M.C. Group of Three to Captain E.N. Ashe, Manchester Regiment, Killed in Action, 21.3.1918
a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse privately engraved 'Capt. E. Neville Ashe, 16 Manch. Reg. Polderhoek, Dec. 28th. 1917.'
b) British War and Victory Medals (Capt. E.N. Ashe.), BWM officially renamed, good very fine

M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1918 Lt. (A./Capt.) Edward Neville Ashe, Manch. R.
'For distinguished service in connection with Military Operations in France and Flanders.'

Captain Edward Neville Ashe, M.C., served with the 8th Battalion, Manchester Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front from 9.1.1917; awarded the M.C. for gallantry at Polderhoek, near St. Quentin, whilst in command of 'A' Company, 16th Battalion, Manchester Regiment; killed in action, 21.3.1918, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, France.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200