Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private A. Marr, 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 September 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (35885 [sic] Pte A. M. Marr. 1/R. Sc: Fus.); Memorial Plaque (Alexander Marr) good very fine (2) £300-£340

M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

Alexander Marr was born in Petercoulter, Aberdeenshire, and was the son of Mr and Mrs A Marr of Station House, Tillyfourie, Aberdeenshire. His service number was in fact ‘35888’, and he served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers on the Western Front (entitled to BWM and VM).

Private Marr was killed in action on the Western Front, 2 September 1918, and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France.