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Auction: 16002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 12

A Great War 1918 'Western Front' M.M. Group of Three to Private A.J. Barr, Worcestershire Regiment, Late Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Warwickshire Regiment
a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (42967 Pte. A.J. Barr. 1/Worc: R.)
b) British War and Victory Medals (018091 Pte. A.J. Barr. A.O.C.), extremely fine (3)

M.M. London Gazette 29.8.1918 42967 Pte. A.J. Barr, Worc. R. (Carnryle).

42967 Private Adam J. Barr, M.M., served during the Great War with the Army Ordnance Corps and Royal Warwickshire Regiment; transferred to the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, and awarded the Military Medal, possibly for bravery at Pargny, west of the Somme, where between the 22nd March and 2nd April 1918 the Battalion was heavily engaged, suffering 2 Officers and 24 men killed, and 16 Officers and 180 men wounded, with a further 200 missing. Barr's Commanding Officer, Lieutenant-Colonel F.C. Roberts, was awarded the Victoria Cross for his gallantry and leadership during the Battalion's counter-attack through the village of Pargny, 24.3.1918.

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£300