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Auction: 8016 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 283

A Great War Western Front ´1918, Final Advance´ M.C. Group of Eleven to Lieutenant R.L. Pointer, West Kent Yeomanry, Later Australian Forces a) Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued b) 1914-15 Star (1521 Pte. R.L. Pointer. W. Kent. Yeo.) c) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oakleaves (2-Lieut. R.L. Pointer) d) 1939-1945 Star (WX2584 R.L. Pointer) e) Africa Star (WX2584 R.L. Pointer) f) Defence and War Medals (WX2584 R.L. Pointer) g) Australian Service Medal (WX2584 R.L. Pointer) h) Coronation 1937 i) Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R., bronze, very fine or better, with the recipient´s miniature awards, the Military Cross a G.VI.R. issue, and the Belgian Croix de Guerre a L.III.R. issue (11) Estimate £ 1,000-1,200 M.C. London Gazette 8.3.1919 2nd Lt. Reginald Langford Pointer, R.F.A., Spec. Res., attd. 59th By., 18th Bde. ´´On the night of 13th/14th October, 1918, he was in charge of a convoy of ammunition wagons delivering ammunition to his battery near Houthem. As the head of the column reached the cross roads it came under heavy shell fire. He waited there until the whole column had passed, steadying each team as it passed. It was entirely due to his coolness and pluck that the ammunition reached the guns in time.´´ M.I.D. London Gazette 23.12.1918 Pointer, 2nd Lt., R.L., attd. B/47th Bde., Royal Artillery. Lieutenant Reginald Langford Pointer, M.C., born Ramsgate, Kent, 1894; educated at Simon Langton School, Canterbury; enlisted as 1521 Private, West Kent Yeomanry (Territorial Force), 10.11.1914; served in the Gallipoli and Egyptian Theatres of War from 8.10.1915; contracted dysentery whilst serving in Egypt and admitted to Sandwich Military Hospital; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Field Artillery, 10.6.1917; served in France with 47th Brigade, R.F.A., 13.9.1917-11.11.1918; Lieutenant, 10.12.1918; discharged, 1.4.1920; after the War Pointer emigrated to Queensland, Australia, but civilian life obviously did not suit: ´´I shall esteem it a great favour if you will give me some authority to join the forces here in Australia or attach me to some unit temporary until such times as I can return to England in the event of an outbreak of War. I am willing to go at any-time and any-where should my King and Country need me.´´ (letter from the recipient to the War Office, Whitehall, refers); later served with the Australian Forces throughout the Second World War. Lieutenant Pointer´´s Great War medals were stolen, with duplicate awards issued in November 1935. Belgian Croix de Guerre not confirmed.

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