A Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment

A Great War M.C. group of eight awarded to Lieutenant Colonel F. G. Burn, 1/7th battalion, Manchester Regiment, later Royal Pioneer Corps
Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914-15 Star (Lieut., Manch.R.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. (Major); 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D., very fine or better (8)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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M.C. London Gazette 11 January, 1919: Capt. Frederick Grey Burn, 1/7th Bn., Manch. R., T.F. “During operations he noted a movement towards ground that he could not command from his position. At great risk he reconnoitred forward, and found the enemy occupying ground of great tactical importance. He ably assisted the registration of this ground by the artillery, and later led a platoon with the greatest courage and skill to occupy the ground from which the enemy had been driven.”
M.I.D. London Gazette 6 July, 1917.
M.I.D. London Gazette 9 August, 1945, Lt.-Col. (temp), Pioneer Corps.