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Auction: 22133 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 1033

A Great War 'Somme July 1916' M.M. pair awarded to Private E. A. Roberts, Royal Welch Fusiliers, who was also wounded in action

Military Medal, G.V.R. (15084 Pte. E. A. Roberts. 10/R. W. Fus:); British War Medal 1914-20 (15084 Pte. E. A. Roberts. R. W. Fus.), good very fine (2)

Purchased Gatjade Ltd., February 1989.

M.M. London Gazette 11 October 1916.

Edward Anderson Roberts was a native of Colwyn Bay and was an apprentice ironmonger. With the outbreak of the Great War served in France with the 10th Battalion from 27 September 1915. In a letter home at the time of the award of his M.M., the North Wales Weekly (19 October 1916), he stated:

'I think we are winning easily.'

The article also confirms details from his Battalion CO on the award:

'Your gallant conduct in the field on the 6th and 26th July has been reported to me, and I had much pleasure in bringing it to the notice of a higher authority.'

Roberts was latterly reported to have been wounded in action (North Wales Weekly 28 December 1916, refers).

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Sold for
£320

Starting price
£140