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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 397

An unusual Great War Palestine operations D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant C. E. Jeffries, 119th Anti-Aircraft Section, Royal Garrison Artillery

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (138130 Sjt. C. E. Jeffries, 119/A.A. Sec. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (138130 Sjt. C. E. Jeffries, R.A.), edge nicks and a little polished, otherwise very fine (3)

D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1919; citation published 3 September 1919:

'For continuous good work and devotion to duty under trying circumstances in the Jordan Valley, 28 March to 4 April 1918, while protecting the pontoon bridges. Four attempts were made to bomb the bridge crossings with large formations of enemy planes. On each occasion the raiders were driven off. During these operations two attempts were made to bomb the section.'

Charles E. Jeffries, a native of Tunbridge Wells, Kent, was also awarded the Silver War Badge; his MIC refers.

The operations in the Jordan Valley followed the capture of Gaza in November 1917 and the fall of Jerusalem in the following month. Conditions in the Valley were difficult in the extreme, with mountainous countryside and searing temperatures, often exceeding 100-degrees F.


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