The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. and Bar awarded to G. H. Hill, 23rd (2nd Football) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 18 October 1918

Military Medal, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar (F-2236 L.Cpl. G. H. Hill. 23/Middx: R.) minor edge bruise, very fine £700-£900

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 6 January 1917.

M.M. Second Award Bar London Gazette 16 August 1917.

George Henry Hill was born in Ladywood, Warwickshire, and attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Holmbury, Surrey. He served with the 23rd (2nd Football) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1916, and was awarded the Military Medal for his gallantry that year, and a Second Award Bar the following year. Advanced Corporal, he was killed in action on 18 October 1918. He is buried in Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium.