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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 120

A Great War 1917 'French Theatre' M.M. Group of Five to Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant E.W.C. Seward, City of London Home Guard, Late London Regiment
a) Military Medal, G.V.R. (392068 Pte. E.C. Seward. 2/9 Lond: R.)
b) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (392068 Pte. E.C. Seward. 9-Lond. R.)
c) Defence Medal
d) Coronation 1953, edge bruising to first, otherwise nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's Great War related miniature awards, various cap badges and cloth unit insignia; and the following related documents:
- The recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate
- Named Buckingham Palace Bestowal Certificate for the Coronation Medal
- Named General Officer Commanding Certificate of Appreciation, dated 21.3.1945
- 58th London Division Great War Gallant Conduct Certificate
- Two letters to the recipient's father regarding his son's gallant conduct during the Great War (5)

M.M. London Gazette 18.7.1917 392068 Pte. E.C. Seward, 2/9th Bn., Lond. R.

392068 Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Edward William Charles Seward, M.M., enlisted in the London Regiment and served during the Great War with the 2nd/9th Battalion on the Western Front, awarded the Military Medal for gallantry at Bullecourt, 25.5.1917, whilst serving with the 58th London Division for 'an example of devotion to duty. Although wounded he saw to his men first and also to his Lewis Gun' (Letter to the recipient's father, dated 30.5.1917 refers); advanced Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant and subsequently served as an Air Raid Warden in the Inland Revenue Department, and with the 2nd Battalion City of London Home Guard, 22.6.1942 - 31.12.1944.

M.I.D. Unconfirmed

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