A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Private A. H. Gibbs, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 29 April 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. 7/K.R.R.C.); 1914-15 Star (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (A-1021 Pte. A. H. Gibbs. K.R. Rif. C.); Memorial Plaque (Albert Henry Gibbs) in card envelope, with Buckingham Palace enclosure, extremely fine (5) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Great War Casualties.

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M.M. London Gazette 18 June 1917.

Albert Henry Gibbs was born in Kensington, London, and attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Marylebone. He served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 19 May 1915, and was wounded by gun shot to the thigh and knee on 11 April 1917, during the Battalion’s assault on Wancourt during the Battle of Arras. He died of wounds on 29 April 1917, and is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery, France.

Sold with a regimental cap badge and copied research, including the recipient’s record of service which shows that he was convicted of numerous felonies during his service, including Absent from parade; refusing to obey an order; dirty rifle on parade; absent without leave; insolence to an N.C.O. &c.