Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Corporal W. Biggs, 24th (Denbighshire Yeomanry) Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late Welsh Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (34012 Cpl. W. Biggs. 24/R.W. Fus.) very fine £200-£240

M.M. London Gazette 23 July 1919.

William Biggs, a native of Oldham, served in France from 13 August 1914 with the 2nd Battalion, Welsh Regiment. Present at the Battle of Mons and the subsequent retreat, the Battle of the Marne, the Battle of the Aisne and First Battle of Ypres, Biggs transferred to the 1st Garrison Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 11 August 1915. Advanced Corporal, he was posted to the 24th Battalion and was later awarded the Military Medal for gallantry in the final stages of the campaign in France, including the action at Tieghem on 1 November 1918, the crossing of the River Scheldt and the advance on Everbecque in the Ardennes region of Belgium.

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