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MM GV (27472 BMBR: D.W. CLARKE 130/BY. R.F.A.);
QSA (5) Belmont, Modder River, Paardeberg, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1901 (27472. GNR. D.W. Clarke. 75th BTY RFA:;
1914 Star (27472 GNR: D.W. CLARKE RFA);
BWM (27472 Cpl D.W. Clarke R.A.);
[ VM ]

Sold for GBP 550

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MM GV (4490 Sgt. J. Rogers. Essex. R.) officially renamed;
[ QSA and KSA ];
1914 Star (47010 Sgt. J. Rogers. Essex. R.);
British War and Victory Medals (47010 Sgt. J. Rogers. M.M. Essex. R.) area of erasure before number on BWM, number on VM officially corrected;
Army LS&GC GV 2nd issue with fixed suspension (4490 Pte. J. Rogers. Essex. R.)

MM London Gazette 11 November 1916.

John Rogers served with with the Essex Regiment, and was attached to No. 3 Section, Burma Mounted Infantry in South Africa from 24 January 1900. He was severely wounded near Hartenbosch, 8 April 1902. Rogers served with the 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment during the Great War on the Western Front as a Private from 22 August 1914. The Battalion took part in the battle of the Somme in 1916, where they Battalion advanced at 8.35am on the 1st July; and were beaten back by strong enemy counter-attacks. The Battalion’s strength at the close of the day was 2 officers and 192 other ranks, out of a total of 24 officers and 606 men who had gone into action.

Noonan's note that another MM group to this man, correctly named in all respects, was sold at Spink in 2005, including a QSA (3) Cape Colony, Driefontein, Transvaal, and a KSA (2), possibly indicating that the above is a replacement or duplicate group.

KSA listed on WO100/335p205

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MM GV (855 Sjt. J. Ellis. 6/Conn: Rang:);
QSA (4) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (6783 Boy 1. Ellis. Connaught Rang:);
1914-15 Star (855 Sjt. J. Ellis. Conn: Rang:);
British War and Victory Medals (855 Sjt. J. Ellis. Conn. Rang.);
Efficiency Medal, GVI, 1st issue, Territorial (2021994 Sjt. J. Ellis. R.E.)

MM London Gazette 13 March 1918.

James Ellis attested for the Connaught Rangers as a Musician, aged 14 years and 2 months, and served as a Boy soldier with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boer Ear. Advanced Sergeant, he saw further service during the Great War, initially in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 21 July 1915, and then with the 6th Battalion on the Western Front. He was awarded an Irish Brigade Certificate for gallant conduct and devotion to duty in the field on 20 November 1917, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on ‘Tunnel Trench’ at Bullecourt, on the first day of the Battle of Cambrai, and it was almost certainly for this action that he was awarded his Military Medal. He was discharged Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 28 February 1919, and subsequently served with the Royal Engineers (Territorial Force).