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Auction: 5005 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 423

A Western Front M.C. Group of Four to Major G. Lambert, Royal Engineers, Late Despatch Rider Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed; 1914 Star, with later Bar (28169 Cpl. G. Lambert. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Major G. Lambert), lacquered, good very fine or better, with photograph and recipient´s emotive and inciteful War Diary (6.8.1914-12.11.1914) (4) Estimate £ 500-550 M.C. London Gazette 22.9.1916 Temp. Lt. Geoffrey Lambert, R.E. ´For conspicuous gallantry and devotion in going on two nights into ´No Man´s Land´ and bringing in wounded men from within 50 yards of the enemy trenches under continuous machine-gun and rifle fire. During the preparations for an attack he displayed great bravery in laying out a new fire trench. Though wounded on his return he remained out till dawn, to search for a missing man.´ M.I.D. London Gazette 1.1.1916 Major Geoffrey Lambert, enlisted in the Royal Engineers as a Despatch Rider, served in the Great War on the Western Front from August 1914; Temporary Lieutenant Royal Engineers, 12.9.1915; advanced to Acting Major 7.4.1917; Instructoral Duties 18.9.1917. Diary Extracts 5-11.9.1914, whilst delivering a message to 2nd Division, "After leaving village 3 shells burst and on coming back there were some nasty sights. As 2 or 3 men and a horse had been struck by a shell. One of the others killed 4 or 5....... a Brigadier General of guns was also killed." 20.9.1914 "Got sent out to the 26th R.F.A. today up on the Plaissy ridge. Found the road there full of shell holes.....nobody knew where the 26th were so had to run down into Plaissy which was being badly shelled and I just missed a large percussion shell which fell in the road 20 or 30 yards behind after I had passed. Found an officer who directed me to the H.Q. of the 26th......Large shells were digging holes all round but had not touched them when I left, which I was not sorry to do."

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