A Great War ‘Gallipoli’ D.C.M. pair awarded to Acting Serjeant F. Ede, 9th (Service) Battalion Nottinghamshire & Derbyshire Regiment - whose gallantry was recorded in Deeds that Thrill the Empire; killed in action, France, 26 September 1916

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (12770 A. Sjt., 9/N. & D.R.); 1914-15 Star (12770 L. Cpl., Notts. & Derby. R.) first with edge bruise, good very fine (2) £1200-1500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A fine Collection of Medals to the Sherwood Foresters.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 16 March 1916. ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Sulva (Gallipoli Peninsula) on 28th November, 1915. He was covering party to men wiring when he saw two Turkish snipers close in front. He charged them at once, bayonetted one, and brought in the other as a prisoner. The latter was fully armed and had his magazine charged.’

Fred Ede was born c.1885 at Ordsall, Retford, Nottinghamshire and enlisted at Nottingham. As a Lance-Corporal in the 9th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 31 December 1915. The battalion landed at Sulva in August 1915. It was whilst in the trenches at Sulva Bay on 28 November 1915 that Serjeant Ede won his D.C.M. - an illustration of his daring deed is featured in Deeds that Thrill the Empire, p.365. On 21 December 1915 the battalion was withdrawn from Gallipoli to Imros and by February 1916 it was stationed in Egypt. In July 1916 they went to France. Acting Serjeant Ede was killed in action at the battle of Thiepval, 26 September 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. With copied research.