Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Company Sergeant Major G. W. Fisher, 11th (Service) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Lambeth), who died of wounds on the Western Front, 25 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (G-11024 Sjt: G. W. Fisher. 11/(S) Bn: The Queen’s R.) number partially officially corrected; British War and Victory Medals (G-11024 Sjt. G. W. Fisher. The Queen’s R.) generally good very fine (3) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kenneth Petrie Collection.

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M.M. London Gazette 29 August 1918.

George William Fisher was born in Clapham, London in March 1896. Prior to the war he lived in West Norwood, and was employed as a Milkman by Alleyn Farm Dairies (his father being a Master Dairyman). Fisher served during the Great War with the 11th (Service) Battalion, The Queen’s Regiment (Lambeth) on the Western Front.

Fisher advanced to Company Sergeant Major, and died of wounds on the Western Front, 25 October 1918. Company Sergeant Major Fisher is buried in the Moorseele Military Cemetery, Belgium.

Sold with two photographs of recipient - one in uniform, the other as a milkman in front of one of his employer’s branded carts.