Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. Wilkin, Royal Field Artillery

Military Medal, G.V.R. (47046 Bmbr: T. Wilkin. 135/By: R.F.A.); 1914 Star (47046 Gnr: T. Wilkins [sic]. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (47046 Sjt. T. Wilkin. R.A.) nearly very fine (4) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 11 November 1916.

Tom Wilkin, a native of Ely, Cambridgeshire, attested for the Royal Field Artillery on 15 July 1907, and served with 135th Battery, 32nd Brigade, during the Great War on the Western Front from 23 August 1914. He was awarded his Military Medal in 1916 ‘for his gallantry when the layer of a gun in the trenches which blew in a German saphead at a range of 60 yards, and by his coolness largely contributed to the success of the operations.’ (copied newspaper cutting with lot refers). He was badly gassed on 29 August 1918, and was discharged as a consequence on 1 February 1919.

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