Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant J. W. McCutcheon, 13th Battalion, late 17th (1st Liverpool Pals) Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, who was wounded in action at Flers on 12 October 1916, and was awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry during the attack on Ruesnes on 24 October 1918

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Lt. J. W. Mc.Cutcheon, 13th. Kings (L’pool) Regt.’; 1914-15 Star (15705 L. Cpl. J. W. Mc.Cutcheon. L’pool. R.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. W. Mc.Cutcheon.) nearly extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400

M.C. London Gazette 8 March 1919; citation published 4 October 1919:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during the attack on Ruesnes on 24th October, 1918. He was in charge of the scouts and intelligence, and repeatedly reconnoitred route for the battalion during the advance. During the time we held our objective he was continually up the line at all times of the day and night, many times under heavy fire. The slight losses sustained by the battalion are in a large measure due to the untiring work of this officer.’

John Wright McCutcheon was born Douglas, Isle of Man, and attested for the 17th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment on 2 September 1914. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 9 April 1915, he served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 7 November 1915. He was wounded in action on 12 October 1916, on which date the Battalion was in action at Flers; recovering, he was subsequently admitted to hospital on 7 February 1917 suffering from pleurisy, and then again on 30 August 1917 suffering from an infected eyelid. Sent back to to the U.K. as a candidate for a commission on 6 November 1917, he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Liverpool Regiment on 31 July 1918, and was posted to the 13th Battalion. He saw further service on the Western Front, being awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry at Ruesnes on 24 October 1918, and later served with the Army of Occupation in Germany. He relinquished his commission on 17 December 1919.

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