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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 693

The 'Battle of Amiens 1918' M.M. group of four awarded to Corporal T. Elliot, 8th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (5809 Cpl. T. Elliot. 8/Midd'x R.), note the second 'T' missing from surname; 1914-15 Star (G-5809. L-Cpl. T. Elliott. Midd. R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-5809 Pte. T. Elliott. Midd'x R.), good very fine (4)

M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1919.

32 M.M.s issued to the Battalion.

Tom Elliott was a native of Buxtonborn at Chapel-en-le-Frith on 27 December 1894, the son of Thomas and Beatrice Elliot of 4 Heath Cottages, Fairfield, Derby. He appears to have been living at Buxton by the outbreak of the Great War, Elliot entered the war in France on 30 May 1915. His award was announced in the Gazette which covers awards made for the Battle of Amiens. After the war Elliot settled back in Buxton where he appeared upon the 1939 census, he died in Stockport in April 1974; sold together with copied and handwritten research.

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£320

Starting price
£140