Lot 152
Military Medal who was wounded in November 1918
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
The Military Medal awarded to Driver John William Holland “D” Battery 122 Brigade Royal Field Artillery who was awarded the Military Medal for actions during April 1918 and who was wounded in November 1918 comprising, Military Medal, GVR, (W-3441 Dvr: J.W. Holland. D. 122 Bde: R.F.A.), lightly toned very fine (1)
MM London Gazette 29th Aug 1918.
W/3441 Dvr. J.W. Holland, R.F.A. (Burnley)
The Great War Collectors Companion Vol 1 by Howard Williamson says this LG continues the awards for the Spring Offensive, with particular focus on Villers-Bretonneux 24th-28th April 1918 but he also notes all the MMs he'd traced in this gazette were for April operations.
Driver John William Holland landed in France on Christmas Eve 1915 he was awarded the Military Medal in the London gazette of the 29th of August 1918 and his name appears in the November 1918 Casualty List as Wounded.
Sold with copy Medal Index Card and Copy Medal Rolls, Driver Holland is also entitled to a 1914-15 Star Trio, Copy London Gazette entry and Copy November 1918 Casualty Roll.
