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Auction: 6007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 445

A 1919 ´Allied Intervention´ M.C. Attributed to Second Lieutenant W.C. Wannell, Royal Army Service Corps Military Cross G.V.R., unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine, in Royal Mint case of issue, with newspaper cuttings and a portrait photograph Estimate £ 450-500M.C London Gazette 3.10.1919 T/2nd Lt. William Colston Wannell, R.A.S.C. ´When carrying out a reconnaissance on Lake Onega [near St. Petersburg, Russia] on 8th July, 1919, in close touch with enemy vessels, the motor-boat caught fire and a patrol tank exploded. Though badly shaken himself he assisted three wounded mechanics on to the upper deck, and then returned to the engine room and drove the one engine, which was still working, until the boat was within a mile of the shore, when a second explosion wrecked her. His pluck and devotion to duty in driving the engine, at great risk to himself, got the boat near the shore and saved lives.´ Second Lieutenant William Colston Wannell, M.C., Royal Army Service Corps; born Bristol; died in Los Angeles, United States of America, 1929.

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