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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 36

(x) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved in large serif capitals 'Capt. W.G. Haslam. 13th. Bn. Cheshire Regt. Oct. 21st. 1916.', toned, nearly extremely fine

M.C. London Gazette 11.12.1916 Temp. Capt. Wilfrid Graham Haslam, Ches. R.
'For conspicuous gallantry in action. He assumed command of and handled his battalion with great courage and skill, gained his objective, and captured many prisoners.'

Major Wilfrid Graham Haslam, M.C., Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Cheshire Regiment, 24.12.1914; promoted Lieutenant, 29.12.1914; Captain, 1.9.1915; served with the 13th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 25.9.1915, and awarded the Military Cross for gallantry on the 21st October 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in the attack on the Regina Trench- the War Diary records that the whole Battalion went over the parapet at 12:06pm, the German Trenches were entered, and 250 prisoners were taken, with the Battalion suffering 210 casualties. Appointed acting Major, 19.9.1917, Haslam relinquished his commission 'on account of ill-health caused by wounds' and retained the rank of Major, 19.3.1919.

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