Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M., M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. R. MacQueen, Machine Gun Corps and Mercantile Marine, who was wounded at Menin Hill in March 1918

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (29053 Sjt: W. R. Mac Queen. 119/Coy. M.G.C.); Military Medal, G.V.R. (29053 Sjt: W. R. Mac Queen D.C.M. 40/M.G.C.) unit partially officially corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (29053 Sjt. W. R. Mac Queen. M.G.C.) renamed; Mercantile Marine War Medal 1914-18 (William R. Mac Queen); Victory Medal 1914-19 (29053 Sjt. W. R. Mac Queen. M.G.C.) mounted as worn, light contact marks, good very fine (5) £700-£900

D.C.M. London Gazette 1 January 1918, citation published 17 April 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during a long period. He has always displayed absolute disregard of personal danger, and has set an excellent example to his men.’

M.M. London Gazette 6 August 1918.

William Roland MacQueen was born in Hartford on 26 August 1884, and served during the Great War in both the Mercantile Marine, and the Machine Gun Corps, having attested for the latter in East London. For his services with the Machine Gun Corps during the Great War on the Western Front, during which he was wounded at Menin Hill in March 1918, MacQueen was awarded both the Distinguished Conduct Medal and the Military Medal.

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