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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 405

Both the Brothers Were Valient: A Great War 1918 French Theatre M.M. Group of Three to Corporal H. France, Machine Gun Corps, Late Royal Welsh Fusiliers Military Medal, G.V.R. (9727 A. Cpl. H. France. 227/Coy. M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (9727 A. Cpl. H. France. M.G.C.), good very fine A Great War 1918 French Theatre M.M. Group of Three to Private W. France, Machine Gun Corps, Late 4th Hussars, and Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, Who Died of Wounds Received in the battle of Sambre Military Medal, G.V.R. (105266 Pte. W. France. 62/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (40598 Pte. W. France. R. Innis. Fus.), good very fine (6) Estimate £ 650-700 M.M. London Gazette 19.3.1918 9727 A./Cpl. H. France, M.G. Corps (Islington) (France). 9727 Corporal Harry France, M.M., born Islington, London, the brother of Private William France, M.M.; enlisted as 22773 Private, Royal Welsh Fusiliers; transferred to the 227th Company, Machine Gun Corps on its formation as part of 29th Division, 20.7.1917. Corporal H. France´s Military Medal was probably awarded for the Cambrai Tank attacks and German counter attacks, November 1917. M.M. London Gazette 11.2.1919 105266 Pte. France, W., 62nd Bn., Machine Gun Corps (London, N.) (France) 105266 Private William France, M.M., born Islington, London, 1891, the brother of Corporal Harry France, M.M.; enlisted as 40598 Private, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers; transferred 4th Hussars; transferred to the 62nd Battalion, Machine Gun Corps on its formation as part of 62nd (2/ West Riding) Division, 9.3.1918; died of wounds received in the Battle of Battle of Sambre, 5.11.1918, and is buried in Awoingt British Cemetery, France. Corporal W. France´s Military Medal was probably awarded for Battle of the Sambre river, November 1918.

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