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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 14

A Great War 'Third Battle of Ypres' 1917 M.C. Group of Six to Lieutenant E.C. Williams, Royal Munster Fusiliers, Later Flight Lieutenant, Royal Air Force
a) Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved in serif capitals, '2nd Lt. E.C. Williams, R.M.F., 31st July 1917'
b) 1914-15 Star (12-19345 Sjt. E.C. Williams R. Ir. Rif.)
c) British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. E.C. Williams.)
d) Defence and War Medals, generally very fine, G.V.R. awards mounted as originally worn (6)

M.C. London Gazette 1.1.1918 2nd Lt. Edmund Charles Williams. Spec. Res., R. Muns. Fus.

Flight Lieutenant Edmund Charles Williams, M.C., born 1896, son of J. Williams of Loughview House, Larne, County Antrim, Ireland; he initially served in the ranks with the Royal Irish Rifles during the Great War on the Western Front from 3.10.1915; commissioned Second Lieutenant, 1st Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1.3.1917; the 1st Battalion, as part of the 47th Brigade, were engaged with the Battle of Messine 1917; in conjunction with the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish they took part in the capture of Wytschaete in June; after period of rest the Battalion moved via Broxelle to St. Omer, and from there entrained for the Ypres Sector on the 23rd July 1917; once there they were engaged in the Third Battle of Ypres for possession of the Passchendaele Ridge; Lieutenant, 3rd Battalion, 1.9.1918; transferred Temporary Second Lieutenant (Technician), Royal Air Force, 6.8.1918; discharged Lieutenant (Flying), 11.2.1919; re-engaged as Flying Officer for service during the Second War, 1.7.1941; Flight Lieutenant, Administrative and Special Duties Branch, 1.7.1943; transferred Equipment Branch, 17.5.1949; retired 1.8.1950.

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