Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. S. Sillick, London Regiment, who was decorated for gallant deeds in the 1/22nd (Queen’s) Battalion in the summer of 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (695085 Pte. F. S. Sillick, 1/22 Lond. R.); British War and Victory Medals (351648 Pte. F. S. Sillick, 7-Lond. R.), very fine and better (3) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals The Property of a Gentleman.

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M.M. London Gazette 13 November 1918.

Frank Sidney Sillick, a native of Chiswick, originally served in the 7th Battalion, but was awarded his M.M. for gallant deeds in the 1/22nd Battalion in the summer of 1918 - the history of the 47th (London) Division lists his award as being approved on 4 August 1918, a period in which the Battalion was frequently engaged on patrols and raids.