The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Russian Intervention’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sergeant R. E. Sumner, No. 1 Special Company, Middlesex Regiment

Military Medal, G.V.R. (L-18944 Sjt. R. E. Sumner. Midd’x R.); British War and Victory Medals (G-1403 Sjt. R .E. Sumner. Midd’x R.) VM with officially re-impressed naming, light contact marks, very fine (3) £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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M.M. London Gazette 22 January 1920:
‘For bravery in the Field with the British Forces in North Russia with Murmansk Command.’

Robert Ernest Sumner attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Ormskirk, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 4 October 1915 (also entitled to a 1914-15 Star). He subsequently served in No. 1 Special Company as part of the Murmansk Command during the Allied Intervention in North Russia 1919-20.