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Auction: 8023 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 87

A Great War 1916 ´French Theatre´ M.M. and Bar Group of Five to Company Sergeant Major, Later Second Lieutenant, T. Abbey, Yorkshire Regiment a) Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (596 Sjt: T. Abbey. 5/York: R.) b) 1914-15 Star (596 Sjt. T. Abbey. York. R.) c) British War and Victory Medals (2 Lieut. T. Abbey) d) Territorial Force Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240045 C.S.Mjr. T. Abbey. 5/York: R.), good very fine (5) Estimate £ 800-1,000 M.M. London Gazette 11.10.1916 596 Sjt T Abbey York. R M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 9.12.1916 596 Sjt. T. Abbey, York. R. Second Lieutenant Thomas Abbey, M.M., served during the Great War with the 5th (Territorial Force) Battalion Yorkshire Regiment in the French Theatre of War from 18.4.1915; Abbey´´s Battalion as part of the 150th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, were in action on the Somme during August-November 1916, in particular: in successful operations between High Wood and Martinpuich, 15th-19th September, when the battalion suffered 252 casualties; operations at Eaucourt l´´Abbaye, 22nd September; and in close support during operations at Butte de Warlencourt and Gird lines; commissioned Temporary Second Lieutenant 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, 31.7.1918.

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