A Great War ‘Arras’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private R. Simpson, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was killed in action in 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (R-16954 Pte., 9/K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-16954 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.) nearly extremely fine (3) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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M.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917.

Private Rowland Simpson was born at Goole and enlisted at Blackburn, Lancashire. He was killed in action in France and Flanders on 17 October 1917, when the 9th Battalion attacked a position known as the ‘Harp’. The regimental records suggest that Simpson’s award of the M.M. was made for the Battle of Arras on 9 April 1917.