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Auction: 14003 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 69

Military Medal, G.V.R. (16931 Pte. J.H. Jones. 7/Leic: R.), nearly extremely fine

M.M. London Gazette 19.2.1917 16931 Pte. J.H. Jones, Leic. R.

16931 Private John Herbert Jones, M.M., born Linton Heath, Derbyshire; enlisted in the Leicestershire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front; killed in action, 14.7.1916, on which date the Battalion were involved in the attack on Bazentin-le-Petit: the advance was made at 3:25am, and the enemy's front and second lines were taken at 4:00am; casualties were high and only two Officers were left in action. Jones is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.

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