A Small Collection of Medals to The Military Police

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A Great War M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant J. T. Blackburn, Military Foot Police, late Grenadier Guards, who was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze for forming part of the King’s Company at the funeral of H.M. King Edward VII
Military Medal, G.V.R. (1258 L.Cpl. -A.Sjt:- J. T. Blackburn, M.F.P.); 1914 Star (1258 L.Cpl. J. T. Blackburn. M.F.P.); Victory Medal (1258 T.Sjt. J. T. Blackburn. M.F.P.) mounted with an unrelated British War Medal (9113 Pte. C. Tongs. Hamps. R.) nearly very fine

Three: Private F. Blackburn, Durham Light Infantry
1914-15 Star (9272 Pte. F. Blackburn, Durh. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (9272 Pte. F. Blackburn. Durh. L.I.) very fine (7) £280-320

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to The Military Police.

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M.M. London Gazette 12 June 1918.

John Thomas Blackburn was born in 1888 and attested for the Grenadier Guards at Manchester in September 1908, and was awarded the Royal Victorian Medal in bronze for forming part of the King’s Company, 1st Battalion, Grenadier Guards at the funeral of H.M. King Edward VII, 20 May 1910. He transferred to the Military Foot Police, 2 October 1913, and served during the Great War in France from 9 August 1914, before going onto serve post-War with the British Army of the Rhine. He died of bronchial pneumonia in August 1923, and is buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany.