Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1917 ‘Western Front’ M.C. awarded to Lieutenant A. G. Butcher, London Regiment and Machine Gun Corps, for his gallantry at Ypres in September 1917

Military Cross, G.V.R., reverse contemporarily engraved ‘Ypres Sept. 1917. Lieut. A. G. Butcher. M.G.C.’ in case of issue, nearly extremely fine £500-£700

M.C. London Gazette 26 November 1917; citation published 6 April 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When instructions were received to change the position of his battery’s fire he supervised the operation with the utmost skill and gallantry under very heavy fire. Throughout the operations he worked with unswerving energy and devotion to duty, cheering up the wounded and encouraging his men.’

Arthur Gerald Butcher was commissioned temporary Second Lieutenant in the London Regiment on 3 April 1915, and served during the Great War with the Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front from August 1916, being awarded the Military Cross for his gallantry at Ypres in September 1917.