Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Company Quartermaster-Sergeant A. W. Willett, Royal Engineers, who was wounded three times and mentioned in despatches

Military Medal, G.V.R. (548150 Sjt: A. W. Willett. 510 Lond: F. Coy. R.E.); 1914-15 Star (1323, Spr. A. W. Willett. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1323 Sjt. A. W. Willett. R.E.) very fine (4) £400-£500

M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918.

M.I.D. London Gazette 21 May 1918.

Alfred William Willett was born at Maldon, Essex, on 29 April 1888, and attested for the 1st London Divisional Engineers Reserve Field Company at Bethnal Green on 6 October 1914. Willett’s Company joined 29th Division in December 1914 and was renamed 1/2nd London Field Company. He proceeded to Egypt on 30 March 1915, and thence to Gallipoli where the 29th Division landed on 25 April. Transferring to the French theatre in March 1916, Willett’s is recorded as having been wounded three times, viz: ‘wounded in action 11-7-16 (slight), wounded slightly at Duty 20-1-17, wounded slightly at Duty 12-7-17 (Gas)’. Willett’s received steady promotion throughout the war, finally being appointed Acting Company Quartermaster-Sergeant on 27 May 1919, in which rank he was discharged to Class ‘Z’ Reserve on 11 December 1919. Sold with detailed research.