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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 669

A Great War M.C. group of five to Major C. H. Dunkley, South Staffordshire Regiment, late Royal Engineers

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse engraved 'Lieut. C. H. Dunkley. R.E.' in block capitals; British War and Victory Medals 1914-19, with M.I.D. emblem (Lieut. C. H. Dunkley.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45, recently mounted swing-style, very fine (5)

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1918.

Charles Henry Dunkley served as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Royal Engineers on the Western Front, rising to Lieutenant on 1 July 1917. He was mentioned in dispatches (London Gazette, 11 December 1917), also receiving the M.C. in the 1918 New Year's Honours. Promoted to Acting Captain on 16 April 1919, he continued to serve during the inter-war years. On 6 August 1939, as another conflict with Germany loomed, Dunkley became a Major (Territorial) in the South Staffordshire Regiment (London Gazette, 22 December 1939). For the recipient's mounted group of dress miniatures, see Lot 1169.


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Sold for
£650

Starting price
£550