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Auction: 20002 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Space Exploration
Lot: 579

A 1918 M.S.M. group of three awarded to Gunner J. W. Wells, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (127093 Gnr. J. W. Wells. R.A.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R. (127093 Gnr: J. W. Wells. 284/Sge: By: R.G.A.), polished, nearly very fine (3)

John William Wells was born in 1883 and lived at 7 Ripon Street, Lincoln and was a butchers shopman who served with 284 Siege Battery, Royal Artillery from 31 October 1916-18 January 1919 and earned an M.S.M. (London Gazette 17 June 1918, refers) by war's end; sold together with The Soldiers Own Diary for 1918, with almsost daily entries by Wells covering his war, cigarette case, engraved 'RGW', together with a number of items of original paperwork, including M.S.M. enclosure, Certificate of Employment and Discharge Certificate.

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Sold for
£270

Starting price
£110

Sale 20002 Notices
A selection of diary entries include; 4 April 1918 - "Heavy Bombardment" 10 April 1918 - "Sub-Zero over so thin all night" 17 April 1918 - "Heavy fighting on our flank, call to action at 9:30" 26 April 1918 - "Wrote to the wife" 27 April 1918 - "Flood by all day but not so bad" 16 May 1918 - "Heavy Shelling all day all round about us" 14 June 1918 - "Very busy all day and wet all night" 15 May 1918 - "Getting ready for attack but only a bit of a raid" 24 May 1918 - "2 Narrow escapes again" 11 November 1918 - "Armistice, stop firing at 11 o'clock"