Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Battle of the Lys’ M.C. group of four awarded to Second Lieutenant A. H. Glover, 20th (Shoreditch) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, late King Edward’s Horse, for gallantry between Steenwerk Station and De Seule on 12 April 1918

Military Cross G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (455 Pte. A. H. Glover K. Edw. H.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. A. H. Glover) mounted court-style as worn; together with a King Edward’s Horse cap badge and uniform button, contact marks, otherwise very fine or better (4) £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 16 September 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This officer with a party of fifty men was ordered to counter-attack the enemy, who had penetrated part of our lines. He conducted the operation with great gallantry and determination in the face of heavy machine-gun fire, driving back the enemy and restoring the situation. He gave a very fine example of courage and good leadership’

Arthur Harding Glover was born in 1884 at Lambeth, London and resided in Surbiton, Surrey prior to 1914. During the Great War he initially served in the ranks in France with King Edward’s Horse from 4 May 1915, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 25 September 1917.

A source held by the Imperial War Museum records that Second Lieutenant Arthur Harding Glover was awarded the M.C. for his actions on 12 April 1918 during the Battle of the Lys. Glover was commanding A Company of the 20th (Shoreditch) Battalion of the Middlesex Regiment, fighting alongside the 2nd Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment, holding a line between Steenwerck Station and De Seule. The 2nd Hampshire Regiment War Diary for this day (WO/95/2308) records that the 20th Middlesex were acting as a reserve and were employed in frequent counter attacks.

Glover married in Kolar, Madras Presidency, India in 1920 and was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Army Pay Corps in 1940.