A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment

Three: Sergeant J. Meighan, Middlesex Regiment
1914-15 Star (2980. Sjt. J. Meighan. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (2980 Sjt. J. Meighan Midd’x R.) minor patches of staining to obverse of VM, very fine

Three: Private M. E. Paul, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on 10 February 1917
1914-15 Star (7-2383. Pte. M. E. Paul, Middx. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2383 Pte. M. E. Paul. Midd’x R.) mounted court-style for wear, good very fine

Three: Private R. T. Tuck, Middlesex Regiment, later Essex Regiment
1914-15 Star (1131 Pte. R. T. Tuck. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (1131 Pte. R. T. Tuck. Midd’x R.) good very fine (9) £140-£180

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

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John Meighan served in France from 25 July 1915 with the 12th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. Transferred to the Labour Corps he was discharged on 10 January 1919.

Montague Eric Paul (also referred to as Eric Montague Paul) was born in Finsbury Park in 1891 and enlisted in the Middlesex Regiment at Hornsey on 8 August 1914. He served with the 1/7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 12 March 1915, and was killed in action on 10 February 1917. He is buried at Pont-Du-Hem Military Cemetery, la Gorgue, France.

Robert Thomas Tuck was born in Gloucestershire in 1897 and attested for the Middlesex Regiment on 19 April 1912. Initially posted to the 2/10th Battalion, he served at Gallipoli from 1 September 1915 and was later reported in the recipient’s Army Service Record as suffering from deafness in the Canal Zone, Egypt. Sent to Cairo with tonsillitis on 7 October 1916, he was later discharged at Purfleet in 1919.