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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 522

(x) Eight: Sergeant J. Marr, Highland Light Infantry, later Machine Gun Corps

1914-15 Star (10988 Pte. J. H. Marr, High. L. I. ); British War and Victory Medals (10988 Pte. J. A. Marr. High. L. I.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (163963 A. Sgt. J. A. Marr. M.G.C.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Kurdistan (163963 A. Sgt. J. A. Marr. M.G.C.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Special Constabulary L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Sub-Insp. John A. Marr.); Belgium, Kingdom, Croix De Guerre, with star, mounted for wear, edge bruise to fourth, contact marks overall, very fine (8)

No citation has been found for the award of the Croix De Guerre.

John Alexander Marr was born in 1889, a native of Langside, Glasgow. Enlisting with the Highland Light Infantry on 25 January 1908 and was still serving with the Regiment on the outbreak of the Great War. Entering the war in France on 30 November 1914 and was advanced Sergeant during the conflict later transferring to the Machine Gun Corps. After the war Marr was posted to the 17th Indian Division, Machine Gun Corps for service in Kurdistan during the uprising there in 1919, prior to the general uprising in Iraq. Marr was discharged on 16 December 1919.

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£250

Starting price
£140