Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant G. Gore, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was wounded in action by shellfire on three occasions and twice convicted of desertion whilst recovering in England

Military Medal, G.V.R. (9569 Sjt. G. Gore. 9/R.W. Fus:); 1914 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals (9569 Sjt. G. Gore. R.W. Fus.) very fine (4) £240-£280

M.M. London Gazette 16 August 1917.

George Gore, a groom, was born in Birmingham in 1884 and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers in his home city on 7 August 1907. He served in France from 13 August 1914 as Corporal in the 2nd Battalion, and suffered a shrapnel wound to the face on 25 October 1914. Invalided to England, he was later tried by District Court Martial for desertion on 21 July 1915 whilst on home service with the 3rd Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Reduced to the ranks, Gore returned to the Western Front 18 December 1915 and received a shrapnel wound to the hand and arm on 3 November 1916.

Remaining in France, Gore was advanced Sergeant 7 April 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal in the early autumn of 1917. He suffered a third shrapnel wound on 25 October 1917, again to the face, and was posted home to Battalion Depot on 12 December 1917; it was at around this time that Gore determined to go on the run. Declared a deserter 9 October 1918, he surrendered himself to the authorities post-Armistice on 22 November 1918 and was Court Martialled for a second time. Discharged as Private 28 May 1919, he returned home to Linden Terrace, South Road, Birmingham, his character noted as ‘fair’.

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