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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 399

A Scarce Great War 1918 ´Somme´ M.M. Group of Four to Sergeant A. Jones, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), Late 12th Lancers Military Medal, G.V.R. (41891 Sjt. A.J. Jones. M.G.C.); 1914-15 Star (5497 Pte. A. Jones. 12-Lrs.); British War and Victory Medals (5497 Sjt. A. Jones 12 Lrs.), good very fine (4) Estimate £ 240-280 M.M. London Gazette 24.1.1919 41891 Sjt. A. Jones, M.G. Corps. 41891 Sergeant Arthur James Jones, M.M., enlisted as 5497 Private, 12th Lancers, 4.6.1914; served in France from 18.10.1915; transferred 5th Cavalry Squadron, Machine Gun Corps on its formation, 26.2.1916, from Machine Gun elements of the 2 Dragoons, 12 Lancers, 20 Hussars, and ´E´ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery; discharged as a result of gunshot wound to right thigh, 26.3.1919 Sergeant Broadhurst won his Military Medal for the Somme. Also awarded Silver War Badge (List no. MGC/588).

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