Auction Catalogue

17 & 18 September 2009

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1314

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18 September 2009

Hammer Price:
£470

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Acting Bombardier J. Convery, Royal Horse Artillery, killed in action, 10 August 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (54959 Gnr., ‘N’ By., R.H.A.); 1914 Star (54959 Gnr., R.H.A.); British War and Victory Medals (54959 A. Bmbr., R.A.) good very fine (4) £450-550

M.M. London Gazette 2 November 1917.

Joseph Convery was born in and enlisted at Glasgow. Serving with ‘N’ Battery, Royal Horse Artillery, he was awarded the Military Medal. With the same unit he was killed in action on 10 August 1918. He was buried in the Beacon Cemetery, Sailly-Laurette, Somme, France.