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Auction: 22103 - Orders, Decorations and Medals VII - e-Auction
Lot: 868

Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant

The copy of London Scottish in the Great War presented to Colonel G. A. Malcolm, 1/14th Battalion, London Regiment (London Scottish)

A long-served member of this crack Territorial unit, Malcolm rose to its command and led his men with supreme bravery in action in 1914, most notably on 31 October 1914 on Messines Ridge - they were the first Territorial unit of the British Army to see action - and earned high acclaim when standing firm at a pivotal moment in the campaign

Malcolm personally led a bayonet charge at 'Brown Road Wood', Zillebeke, on 11 November before being invalided home; recovered, he returned to the fold and rose to be Assistant Director of Labour in France

The London Scottish in the Great War, by Lieutenant-Colonel J. H. Lindsay, printed in 1925 by the Regimental Headquarters and numbered '1' of an 'Edition de Luxe' of which just 200 were printed, dust cover damaged and rather worn, the book and contents good very fine

Medals sold in these rooms in April 2021.

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£70