Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Reverend J. Jackson Wright, Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class, Army Chaplains Department

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse inscribed ‘Rev. J. Jackson Wright A.C.D. 1916’; 1914-15 Star (Rev. J. J. Wright. A.C.D.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Rev. J. J. Wright.) mounted as worn, very fine (4) £800-£1,000

M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1917.

M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January and 24 December, 1917; and 10 July 1919.

John Jackson Wright served as a Chaplain 4th Class with the Army Chaplains Department in France from 6 October 1915. He was awarded the M.C. in 1916, was thrice mentioned in despatches, and ended the war as Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class.

Sold with copied gazette entries and Medal Index Card which gives his address as Ballyshannon, Co. Donegal.