Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal H. Symonds, Coldstream Guards, who was wounded by gun shot on the Western Front in September 1915, was Mentioned in Despatches, and was killed in action on 27 September 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (10511 Pte. H. Symonds. 5/C. Gds.); British War Medal 1914-20 (10511 Pte. H. Symonds. C. Gds.) good very fine (2) £300-£400

M.M. London Gazette 27 October 1916.

Henry Symonds was born in Scunthorpe, Yorkshire, and attested there for he Coldstream Guards. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 August 1914, and was wounded by gun shot on the Western Front on 30 September 1915, whilst attached to the Battalion’s Machine Gun Company. Evacuated on H.M. Hospital Ship Asturius, he subsequently returned to the Front, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 15 June 1916), and awarded the Military Medal whilst serving with the 5th Battalion. Reverting to the 2nd Battalion, he was killed in action on 27 September 1918, and is buried in Sanders Keep Military Cemetery, Graincourt-les-Havrincourt, France.

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