Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Battle of the Somme’ M.M. awarded to Lance-Corporal W. J. Kingham, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on 16 September 1916

Military Medal, G.V.R. (1747 Pte. W. J. Kingham. 1/7 Middx: R.-T.F.) extremely fine £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment.

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M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916.

William James Kingham was born in Tottenham around 1892 and enlisted in the 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 18 February 1913. Initially sent on annual training to Eastbourne, he was posted to France 12 March 1915 and was advanced Lance Corporal on 29 June 1916. Heavily engaged during the Battle of the Somme, Kingham was killed in action on 16 September 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated upon the Thiepval Memorial, France.