Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘stretcher-bearer’s’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Private G. Lowe, Gordon Highlanders

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (S-8293 Pte. G. Lowe. 1/Gord: Highrs); British War and Victory Medals (S-8293 Pte. G. Lowe. Gordons.) contact marks overall, therefore good fine or better (3) £600-800

D.C.M. London Gazette 11 March 1920:

‘He has served with the battalion since October, 1915, in which he has carried out the duties of stretcher-bearer. In a recent action two stretcher-bearers were killed and two wounded in this battalion, but he continued his work untiringly in the face of the heaviest shell and machine-gun fire. He has at all times set an example of courage and self-sacrifice.’