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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant W. Tack, 7th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, later Captain, 10th (County of London) Battalion (Hackney Rifles), London Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (200024 Sjt: W. Tack. 1/7 Midd’x: R.-T.F.); 1914-15 Star (1050 L. Sjt. W. Tack. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. W. Tack.) the Star lightly gilded, generally very fine (4) £280-£340

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 18 June 1917.

William Tack attested for the Middlesex Regiment and with the 1/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front as a Lance-Sergeant from 12 March 1915. Serving as part of 23rd Brigade, 8th Division, the regiment fought at the Battle of Aubers and the action of Bois Grenier. Transferred to the Somme, the 7th Battalion took part in the diversionary attack at Gommecourt on 1 July 1916, followed by the Battles of Ginchy and Flers-Courcelette. Appointed to a commission in the London Regiment on 30 October 1917, Tack ended his campaign as a Captain in the 10th Battalion, London Regiment.