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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 410

(x) A Great War Warrant Officer's M.C. group of six awarded to Company Sergeant-Major G. F. Webster, New Zealand Rifle Brigade

Military Cross, G.V.R.; British War and Victory Medals (36504 2/Lt. G. F. Webster. N.Z.E.F.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; New Zealand Service Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn, good very fine (6)

M.C. granted 15 November 1918. Citation in London Gazette 11 January 1919:

'For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When only the company commander was left, this warrant officer took charge of the right half of the company, led it forward and cleared a wood. He then, with one other non-commissioned officer, rushed a trench, capturing two machine guns and killing the crews. He then reorganised his men and consolidated in the wood. He set a splendid example to the men.'

George Fox Webster was born on 11 February 1890 and was a Porter on the New Zealand Railways upon his enlistment on 20 September 1916. He served on the Western Front in the ranks of the New Zealand Rifle Brigade until 21 October 1919, being awarded his superb M.C. in the final acts of the Great War, when he was also commissioned 2nd Lieutenant.

During the Second World War, he joined on 15 June 1942 and served overseas on Tonga for some 304 days, his Second World War medals being issued on 21 December 1953. Webster died on 13 August 1965.


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£2,500

Starting price
£900