A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. awarded to Lieutenant R. E. Darnley, Army Service Corps

Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse inscribed, ‘Lieut. R. E. Darnley, decorated by H.M. King George V, Buckingham Palace, Dec. 3 1919’, with A.S.C. pin-backed badge, silver, hallmarks for Birmingham 1915, extremely fine (2) £400-450

M.C. London Gazette 5 July 1918. ‘For conspicuous gallantry and ddevotion to duty. When in charge of a convoy of wagons, under shell fire, he steadied his men, assisting them to rescue the wounded horses and damaged wagons, which were successfully cleared away from the road through his personal example and energy. On a later occasion, on his convoy being bombed by hostile aircraft, he was severely wounded, but he ordered a N.C.O. to leave him and take the convoy out of danger. By his coolness and courage he prevented a serious disaster’. The place and date of the act of gallantry are recorded as ‘East of Ypres, 12 November 1917’.

Sold with a copy of a M.O.D. letter, dated 10 July 1964, which provides the above details.