The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Three: Second Lieutenant W. G. Madden, Middlesex Regiment, late Essex Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front on 25 November 1917
1914-15 Star (16685 Pte. W. G. Madden. Essex R.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. W. G. Madden.) light pitting, nearly very fine

Pair: Major E. D. MacLeod, Middlesex Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front during grenade practice, and was later Mentioned in Despatches
British War and Victory Medals (Major E. D. MacLeod.) good very fine (5) £80-£120

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

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William George Madden was born on 25 March 1895, and attested for the Essex Regiment on 30 November 1914. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 26 June 1915, ands was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment on 29 May 1917. He was wounded by gunshot to the right calf at Bourlon Wood on 25 November 1917, and was promoted temporary Lieutenant on 30 November of that year.

Ebenezer Duncan MacLeod was born on 17 December 1872 and served during the Great War as a Captain in the 21st (Islington) Battalion, Middlesex Regiment on the Western Front from 16 June 1916. He was promoted Major on 6 September 1916, and suffered phosphorus burns to his right hand and face at Bogelles, during practice throwing of smoke rifle grenades- one grenade did not explode, and when he picked it up ten minutes later, it exploded. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 December 1919).