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Auction: 19003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 364

The Great War 'Cambrai 1918' M.M. group of three awarded to Private E. R. Beacock, 102nd (2nd Central Ontario) Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force

Military Medal, G.V.R. (541440 Pte. E. R. Beacock. 102/Bn. 2/C.Ont. R.); British War and Victory Medals (541440 Pte. E. R. Beacock. 102-Can. Inf.), minor contact marks, nearly very fine (3)

M.M. London Gazette 13 May 1919.

Edgar Reginald Beacock was born on 26 July 1896 at Myrtle, Ontario, the son of Bella Beacock of 544 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. A student, Beacock attested at Toronto for the Divisional Cyclists, Canadian Expeditionary Force, on 25 January 1916. Posted to the 102nd Battalion, he likely served during the Battle of Canal du Nord from 27 September to 1 October 1918. The attack took place along the boundary between the British First Army and Third Army and was part of a sequence of assaults all along the Western Front, being designed to move across the northern extension of the Hindenburg Line and capture the city of Cambrai - which was a crucial German communication and supply hub.

The battle penetrated the majority of enemy defences and enabled the next phase, known as the Second Battle of Cambrai from 8-10 October 1918. For his bravery during operations around of Cambrai, Beacock was awarded the Military Medal; sold with copied attestation papers and research.


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Sold for
£400

Starting price
£170