The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant P. Wray, Yorkshire Regiment and Machine Gun Corps

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (5195 Sjt. P. Wray. 37/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (5195 A. Sjt. P. Wray. M.G.C.); together with an Independent Order of Oddfellows Manchester Unity Jewel, silver-gilt and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘Scarborough District - P. Wray 1961’, very fine and better (4) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Great War Awards.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919; citation published 11 March 1920:
‘For great courage and good leadership in the attack on Louvignies and Jolimetz in October, 1918. When his section came under very heavy shell fire, one limber being knocked out and the section badly shaken, he showed great coolness in reorganising the section and pushing forward to support the attacking infantry.’

Percy Wray, a native of Harrogate, Yorkshire, attested for the Yorkshire Regiment, and served with the 37th Battalion, Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front. Awarded the D.C.M. for his gallantry in the final push to Victory, he was transferred to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve on 15 February 1919.

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