Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Revelon Ridge’ September 1918 D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private G. H. Elston, 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (8523 Pte. G. H. Elston. 2/Linc: R.); 1914 Star, with copy slide clasp (8523 Pte. G. H. Elston. 2/Linc: R.); British War and Victory Medals (8523 Pte. G. H. Elston. Linc. R.) mounted for display, contact marks and polished, therefore good fine and better (4) £1,000-£1,400

D.C.M. London Gazette 5 December 1918:
‘While his company was holding a position he volunteered for patrol duty, during the course of which a party of the enemy was encountered. He at once rushed at them and captured ten single-handed. He invariably displayed great courage and devotion to duty.’
Annotated gazette states: ‘Revelon Ridge, 8 September 1918.’

George Henry Elston was a native of Southampton and served in France and Flanders with the 2nd Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, from 5 November 1914.

Sold with copied gazette notices, extracts from War Diaries and regimental history, together with D.C.M. and Medal Index Cards.