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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 464

A Great War Palestine operations M.M. awarded to Private W. Jones, 1/4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment, who was decorated for his gallant deeds in the Second Battle of Gaza

Military Medal, G.V.R. (201407 Pte. W. Jones, 4/Nth'n. R.-T.F.), crudely re-pinned suspension claw, edge bruising and cuts, otherwise nearly very fine

M.M. London Gazette 18 July 1917.

The citation for the award appears in the war diary of the 1/4th Northamptonshire Regiment:

'He has shown great devotion to duty and since the action on 19 April has been in charge of patrols and snipers, on two occasions has stayed out for 24 hours observing and sniping, accounting for four of the enemy, and bringing back valuable information.'


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