Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry

A Great War 1915 ‘Second Battle of Ypres’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Driver E. Bristow, Army Service Corps, who was Mentioned in Despatches and, having survived the period of hostilities unscathed, suffered a fractured foot when his leg was crushed by an overturned wagon at Mons on 12 November 1918 - the day after the Armistice Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (T4-038758 Dvr: E. Bristow. A.S.C.); 1914-15 Star (T4-038758. Dvr. E. Bristow. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (T4-038758 Dvr. E. Bristow. A.S.C.) heavy pitting and contact marks, polished and worn, therefore good fine (4) £700-£900 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916; citation published 11 March 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry when he voluntarily proceeded with an officer to the Divisional Ordnance Stores, and under heavy fire, recovered papers and other documents, and also the bodies of officers and men who had been killed in action there.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916. Edmund Bristow a native of Edenbridge, Kent, attested for the Army Service Corps on 27 November 1914 - the ‘T’ prefix on his service number would indicate that he was in the Horse Transport Section of the Army Service Corps, where he served with 96 company, originally part of 27th Division. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 December 1914 - the date of 27th Division’s move to France, and was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his gallantry during the Second Battle of Ypres, 22 April to 25 May 1915. Apart from a leave and furlough he served on the Western Front for the duration of the war. On 12 November 1918, just one day after the Armistice, Bristow was at Mons in Belgium when a wagon turned over in a mine crater and crushed his foot. He was treated in 6 Canadian Field Ambulance for a fracture. Returning to England on 30 December 1918, he was discharged Class Z Reserve on 19 April 1919. Sold with copied research.