A Great War M.C. group of five awarded to Temporary Regimental Sergeant-Major Charles Wells, 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment, who also won the D.C.M. in 1916

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (7454 C.S. Mjr. C. Wells. Dorset: R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaf (7454 W.O. Cl. 1 C. Wells. Dorset. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5718080 W.O. Cl. 1. C. Wells. Dorset. R.) nearly extremely fine (5) £800-1000

M.C. London Gazette 3 June 1918.

D.C.M. London Gazette 3 June 1916: ‘For consistent good work and devotion to duty.’

M.I.D. London Gazette 31 January 1916, 22 May 1917, and 18 December 1917.

Charles Wells served with the 5th Battalion, Dorsetshire Regiment in the Balkans from 11 July 1915. The battalion landed at Suvla Bay on 6 August 1915, and in December sailed from Mudros, via Imbros, to Alexandria, where they arrived in February 1916, before moving to France in July.