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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 179

A Vimy Ridge 1917 M.M. awarded to Sergeant, later Lieutenant G. W. Trollope, 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario), Canadian Expeditionary Force

Military Medal, G.V.R. (59997 Sjt: G. W. Trollope. 21/Can: Inf:), rivet sometime neatly replaced, surface wear, nearly very fine

M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918, the original citation from AFW 3121 of September 1917 states:

'North East of Arras, April 9, 1917.

For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. On the morning of April 9th, 1917, during the attack on Vimy Ridge, this NCO who is Orderly Room Sgt, volunteered to proceed and locate advanced Battn Hdqrs. After locating same, he returned to guide the Commanding Officer to the position. Upon the Commanding Officer becoming a casualty he again came back for Stretcher Bearers and assisted in carrying the Commanding Officer to safety. In the performance of this duty this NCO was continuously under heavy shell and machine gun fire, and displayed utter disregard for personal safety. His devotion to duty since his unit arrived in France has been of an exemplary nature, and he has at all times been willing to volunteer for an particularly dangerous work.'

George Walter Trollope was born at Norwich, Norfolk on 8 August 1887 and was a clerk by trade upon his joining the Canadian Expeditionary Force at Kingston, Ontario in December 1914. At that time his mother was living at 52 Lammas Park Road, Ealing, London.

Trollope served in France with the 21st Battalion (Eastern Ontario) from September 1915 and was promoted Corporal in July 1916 and Sergeant in September 1916. Having won his M.M. in assisting Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas F. Elmitt on Vimy Ridge, he was selected for officer training. He re-joined his unit and served as a Lieutenant in 'C' Company as its Intelligence Officer and was wounded in action on 25 August 1918, suffering shrapnel wounds to his neck and nose. Having rejoined his unit on 13 September 1918, Trollope was discharged in May 1919. He is understood to later become an American citizen and enlisted into the US Army in 1942.

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Estimate
£240 to £280

Starting price
£190