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15 September 2021

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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№ 116

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15 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£320

A Great War M.M. awarded to Private W. W. Gregory, an American serving in the 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion, Canadian Infantry, who was wounded in action in October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (18950 Pte. W. W. Gregory, 4/Bn. 1/C. Ont. R.) edge bruising, otherwise very fine £360-£400

M.M. London Gazette 3 July 1919.

Wandle William Gregory was born in Mason City, West Virginia, U.S.A., on 23 June 1883. Living in Washington County, Washington and employed as a labourer, he enlisted into the 9th Battalion at Valcartier in September 1914, and served with the 4th (Central Ontario) Battalion in England and France. Wounded on 2 October 1918, with a gunshot wound to the chest, and awarded the M.M., he was discharged at Calgary in March 1919. Gregory died in March 1959; sold with research copied to disk.