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Auction: 23112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 704

(x) A 1917 M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Sergeant M. L. E. Gordon, 42nd Battalion (Royal Highlanders of Canada), Canadian Expeditionary Force, who was thrice wounded and suffered from shell shock during the Great War

Military Medal, G.V.R. (418606 Pte. M. L. E. Gordon. 42/Can: Inf:); 1914-15 Star (418606 Pte. M. L. E. Gordon. 42/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (418606 A. Sjt. M. L. E. Gordon. 42-Can. Inf.), traces of lacquer, very fine

M.M. London Gazette 26 May 1917.

Murdoch Lewis Edward Gordon was born in Montreal on 14 May 1895 and was a compositor by trade upon his joining the Royal Highlanders of Canada on 31 March 1915.

He served in France from October 1915 and was thrice wounded during the course of the Great War. Gordon was first wounded by a gunshot to the right knee on 22 August 1916 at Ypres, being admitted to the No. 13 General Hospital. He suffered with a contusion to the back whilst at Vimy from 14 April 1917 and then suffered a shrapnel wound to his left hand, which broke the fifth metacarpal at Ypres (Battle of Passchendaele) on 29 October 1917, being admitted to No. 11 Canadian Field Ambulance, at that time also suffering shell shock. Having been duly awarded his M.M., Gordon was discharged in May 1919.

His full Service Record can be accessed via central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B3651-S042

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£600

Starting price
£210