The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A Great War 1918 ‘Western Front’ M.C. and Bar group of three awarded to Captain J. C. Lindsay, 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was thrice wounded and later joined the Royal Irish Constabulary

Military Cross, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, reverse contemporarily engraved ‘2/Lieut. J. C. Lindsay. Middlesex Regt.’; British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. C. Lindsay.) very fine (3) £1,200-£1,600

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

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Provenance: Cross Collection, J. B. Hayward, January 1973.

M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and good work on patrol. Under heavy fire he led his patrol through the enemy wire and located a strong enemy post which he attacked. Later, although his company had been relieved in the front line he volunteered to take out a strong patrol with which he lay out all day in “No Man’s Land” and obtained valuable information.

M.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 2 December 1918:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. With twenty men he rushed and captured an enemy post and machine gun. He then carried on and gained the first objective and held his position until reinforcements arrived. He showed splendid leadership and initiative throughout.’

John Clyde Lindsay was born at Lille, France, on 26 April 1899 and was educated at the King’s School, Canterbury. He attested for the Royal Highlanders on 3 July 1916, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 February 1917, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on 18 December 1917. He was three times wounded in action, by gun shot to the right thumb on 24 August 1918; gun shot to both knees later in 1918; and a scalp wound from a shell near Cambrai on 11 October 1919. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the Military Cross with a Second Award Bar.

Following the cessation of hostilities Lindsay relinquished his commission and joined the Royal Irish Constabulary as a temporary Cadet on 6 April 1921. He was later employed as a Tea Planter in Burma.