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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 258

A rare 1916 M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal Mechanic W. J. Perrot, 4th (Balloon) Wing, Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force

Military Medal, G.V.R. (24981 Cpl. W. J. Perrott. 4/Wing: R.F.C.); British War and Victory Medals (24981. A. Sgt. W. J. Parott. R.A.F.), note surname spelling, mounted for wear by Spink & Son, London, traces of lacquer, very fine (3)

167 M.M.'s awarded to the Royal Flying Corps.

M.M. London Gazette 12 March 1917. 4th Balloon Wing Records of January 1917 states:

'For conspicuous skill and devotion to duty. He has been employed in forward telephone exchanges and continually repaired lines under heavy shell fire, from June 1916.'

Wilson John Perrott was born in 1885, the son of George and Mary J. Perrott, of Lower Blagdon Farm, Taunton. Before the Great War, he married Minnie and lived at 6 Belle Vue Terrace, East Reach, Taunton. Having joined the Royal Flying Corps in March 1916, he served in France with 4th Balloon Wing, Royal Flying Corps and earned a well-deserved M.M. in the summer of 1916. Transferred to the 1st Balloon Section, Royal Air Force, Perrott died of disease on 29 October 1918 and is buried in the Mont Huon Military Cemetery. His gravestone bears the inscription:

'ALWAYS LOVINGLY REMEMBERED BY HIS DEVOTED WIFE & LITTLE DAUGHTER.'

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Sold for
£1,200

Starting price
£480