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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 147

The 1918 M.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant F. G. White, King's Shropshire Light Infantry, later Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force

Military Medal, G.V.R. (9205 L.Cpl. F. G. White. 1/4 Shrops:L.I.); 1914-15 Star (9205 Pte. F. G. White. Shrops:L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9205 Pte. F. G. White. K.S.L.I.); Defence Medal 1939-45; Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (4027053 Sjt. F. G. White M.M. K.S.L.I.); Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R. (Frederick G White), mounted court style for wear, contact marks and some polishing, overall nearly very fine (7)

Provenance:
March Medals, November 1983.

M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918.

Frederick George White was born at Eltham, Canterbury in 1891 and attested with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, entering the war in France on 21 December 1914. He is noted as serving initially with the 2nd Battalion, later transferring to the 1st Battalion and it was likely with one of those two unit that he suffered a gunshot wound to the left foot on 15 February 1915.

Later appointed to serve in the 6th Battalion, White was certainly with the 1/4th Battalion in 1918 when he was awarded the M.M. Notably only two months prior the Battalion had taken part in an important counter attack at Bligny, which helped to halt the German Spring Offensive, the unit was awarded the Croix de Guerre as a result.

It is not certain when White transferred to serve in the W.A.F.F., however his M.I.C. notes that his medals were issued to the Colonial Office. After the war he re-attested with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry on 20 January 1919, being awarded his L.S. & G.C. in 1926. White died in the summer of 1960; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£300 to £500

Starting price
£240