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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 41

A Great War 1917 'French Theatre' M.M. Group of Three to Private H. Stockton, Worcestershire Regiment
a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (29764 Pte. H. Stockton 14/Worc. R.)
b) British War and Victory Medals (29764 Pte. H. Stockton Worc. R.), very fine or better, mounted for wear (3)

M.M. London Gazette 27.3.1917 29764 Pte. H. Stockton, Worc. R.

29764 Private Herbert Stockton, M.M., born Lady Wood, Warwickshire, May 1881; served during the Great War with the 14th (Service) Battalion (Severn Valley Pioneers) Worcestershire Regiment on the Western Front; the battalion landed in France in June 1916, and served as part of the 63rd Division on the Somme from October 1916 onwards; in particular, 'played active role during the 63rd Division's attack on Beaucourt (13/11)-(14/11) - moving forward with assaulting brigades and working under heavy shelling and counter attacks while consolidating gains'; they also played a role in the Battle of Ancre, November 1916.

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