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Auction: 24002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 241

An outstanding 1944 North-West Europe Immediate M.M. awarded to Corporal J. H. L. McClernon, 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry, who was killed in action before he could receive his richly-deserved award

Military Medal, G.VI.R. (14401018 Cpl. J. H. L, McClernon. Som. L.I.), mounted on original pin, good very fine

M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1944. The original recommendation - for an Immediate D.C.M. - states:

'St Pierre du Fresne - On 1 August 1944, at about 0900hrs, the position held by the Platoon to which Cpl McClernon belonged was attacked by Infantry and Tanks. One Section was over-run and only a sunker road divided the enemy from the rest of the Platoon. Cpl McClernon collected and distributed ammo, stalked two tanks and threw grenades at close quarters.

He moved continually about the Platoon encouraging the defenders and was always present at the most exposed points. His bravery, example and initiative contributed materially to the defeat of attacks by a considerably superior force.'

Joseph Henry Long McClernon was born at Godstone, Surrey in 1924 and was married to Mabel, a native of Palmer's Green, Middlesex. Having earned his M.M., he would be killed in action on 12 August 1944 and is buried in Tilly-Sur-Seulles War Cemetery, France. His CWGC grave stone reads:

'IN LOVING MEMORY OF A BELOVED HUSBAND, SON AND BROTHER. MABS, MUM, DAD AND ALL.'

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Starting price
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