Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Sapper F. A. Dovey, 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 22 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R. (560530 Sapr: F. A. Dovey. R.E.) good very fine £240-£280

M.M. London Gazette 24 January 1919.

Frederick Arthur Dovey was a native of Westcliff-on-sea, Essex. He served during the Great War with the 2nd Divisional Signal Company, Royal Engineers on the Western Front (entitled to BWM and VM, which were ‘Returned’ according to MIC). Sapper Dovey was killed in action on the Western Front, 22 October 1918, and is buried in the Quievy Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France.