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Auction: 23113 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 584

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant C. H. C. Best, 18th (County of London) Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles), late 6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles)

Military Medal, G.V.R. (608194 Sjt. C. H. Best. 18/Lond: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4797 Sjt. C. H. Best. 6-Lond. R.), good very fine (3), good very fine

M.M. London Gazette 13 March 1919.

Charles Henry Cadogan Best was born at Lambeth in April 1888 and first served in France with the City of London Rifles in France from 1916. Best was serving with 'B' Company when being admitted to hospital on 3 May 1916 as a result of shell shock. Transferred to the London Irish Rifles, he added the M.M. to his laurels before returning home. By 1935 he was living at Avonmore Road, Barons Court and died in 1968 in Chelsea.

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£350

Starting price
£210