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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private W. R. McLeish, Lancashire Hussars and 18th (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, later Royal Engineers
Military Medal, G.V.R. (300037 Pte. W. R. Mc Leish. 18 / L’Pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (726 Cpl. W. R. Mc Leish. Lan. Hrs.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (726 Cpl. W. R. Mc Leish. Lan. Hrs.) mounted as worn; together with small fob medallion, gold (9ct., 1.64g), hallmarks for Birmingham 1919, engraved to one side ‘Pte. W. R. Mc Leish M.M.’, with broken loop suspension, contact marks and minor edge bruising, nearly very fine and better

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (5770 C.Sjt. W. R. Mc Leish. 1 V.B. S. Lan. R.) edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine (6) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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M.M. London Gazette 12 December 1917.

William R. McLeish served as Bugler and in the Lancashire Hussars from 1908 to 1916, and then as a Corporal in the 18th (Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment. He later served with the Royal Engineers. He is mentioned in The Liverpool Pals by Graham Maddocks, and the Imperial War Museum holds a recording in which he recounts some of his experiences of the Great War.

William Robert Mc Leish, the father of the above, was awarded his Volunteer Force Long Service Medal in January 1909.