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Auction: 22003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 464

A rare Tank Corps September 1918 M.M. group of three awarded to Corporal W. C. Phipps, 2nd Battalion, Tank Corps

Military Medal, G.V.R. (76986 Pte. W. Phipps. 2/Tank: C.); British War and Victory Medals (4339 Cpl. W. C. Phipps. Oxf. & Bucks. L. I.), mounted as worn, very fine (3)

M.M. London Gazette 14 May 1919:

'First driver of a tank near Holnon on 18 September 1918. In spite of heavy machine gun fire directed at the tank, he continued to drive with his flap open again to gain better observation in the fog and smoke.

When the tank became ditched, well ahead of our line, he at once got out of the tank and attempted to fix the beam under a heavy shell fire. Later he volunteered to carry a message back to the infantry over ground swept by machine gun fire and across which the infantry could not advance. He successfully carried the message and was instrumental in our line being advanced 300 yards. Through the action he set a splendid example of bravery and devotion to duty.'

William Cyril Phipps, a native of Oxford, served in the 2/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry before joining the Tank Corps; sold together with cap Badge and pin Badge.

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Sold for
£1,300

Starting price
£950