A Great War 1918 ‘Somme’ M.C. group of three awarded to Captain R. D. Worrall, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, who later served as Lieutenant-Colonel and Officer Commanding of the 6th Devon (Chumleigh) Battalion, Home Guard, during the Second War

Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. D. Worrall.) mounted as originally worn, generally good very fine (3) £700-£900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Rob Campbell Collection relating to Clevedon, Somerset.

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M.C. London Gazette 1 January 1919.

M.I.D. London Gazette 14 June 1918.

Robert Douglas Worrall was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Norfolk and Suffolk Brigade Company, Army Service Corps, 5 September 1914. He subsequently transferred as a Lieutenant to the Royal Horse Artillery (Territorial Force). Worrall was promoted Acting Captain, and appointed 2nd in Command of D/298th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery (T.F.), May 1918. He served with the Battery of the Somme, and relinquished his commission, 4 May 1919.

Bird served as Lieutenant-Colonel and Officer Commanding of the 6th Devon (Chumleigh) Battalion, Home Guard from January 1941.

Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of recipient as a member of the Home Guard.