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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 346

(x) A Great War M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal H. Anderson, Royal Scots Regiment, who was decorated for bravery on the Western Front

Military Medal, G.V.R. (9292 Cpl. H. Anderson. 13/R. Scots.); 1914 Star (9292 Pte. H. Anderson. 2/R. Scots.); British War and Victory Medals (9292 Cpl. H. Anderson. R. Scots.), the third erased, nearly very fine (4)

M.M. London Gazette 16 October 1917.

Hugh Anderson, a native of Inverness, served in France from 11 August 1914 with the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Scots. Promoted Corporal, he was awarded the Military Medal serving with the 13th Battalion in France. Raised at Edinburgh in September 1914, the 13th was the last of the Royal Scots Battalions to arrive in the Somme area in 1916, receiving heavy casualties in capturing Martinpuich and the feature known as 'Push Trench'. Remaining on the Somme during the winter of 1916-17, the Battalion fought during the Battle of Arras and was heavily engaged south of the River Scarpe when attempting to secure the village of Blagny; further entitled to clasp and roses.

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£260

Starting price
£170