Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War ‘East African operations’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Driver L. R. Anderson, South African Service Corps

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (984 Dvr., S.A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (Pte., S.A.S.C.); British War and Bilingual Victory Medals (Dvr., S.A.S.C.) very fine (4) £1000-1200

D.C.M. London Gazette 13 February 1917. ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He drove his car into the front line under very heavy fire, picked up a wounded officer, and stopped his car on four separate occasions in order to pick up other wounded men.’

Motorcar driver Leslie Robertson Anderson, Mechanical Transport Section (M.T.S.), South African Service Corps, originally enlisted on 13 March 1915 directly into the M.T.S. as a Mechanic and served in German South West Africa until discharged because of gunshot wounds on 23 May 1915. On 1 January 1916 he re-enlisted into the M.T.S. as a Driver and served in East Africa where he won the D.C.M. for his gallantry in action. Driver Anderson was discharged on 25 June 1918.

One of only 9 Great War D.C.M’s. to the S.A.S.C.; two of which were to ‘Drivers’. With copied research.