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A Great War M.M. group of ten awarded to Warrant Officer Class II W. Cunnington, Huntingdons...
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A Great War M.M. group of ten awarded to Warrant Officer Class II W. Cunnington, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Northamptonshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (268479 Pte. W. Cunnington. 1/7 R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (221 Pte. W. Cunnington. Hunts. Cyc.. B.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (221 Pte. W. Cunnington. Hunts. Cyc. Bn.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5878256 Sjt. W. Cunnington. 5 - North’n R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (5878256 W.O. Cl. II W. Cunnington M.M. 5 - North’n R.) mounted for wear, some polishing and contact marks, overall better than very fine (10) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1920 William Cunnington, from Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, served during the Great War in both the 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and the 1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His medal index card also notes service with 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. He was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 435 or 1925, and is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Warrant Officer Class II, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Territorial Army). Sold with original transmittal slip for the M.M., dated 17 March 1920, which was sent to the recipient at Park Farm, Hinchingbrooke, Huntington; a photograph of the recipient in later life; Army Council medal transmittal slip for three medals granted for his service in the Second World War; white card medal issue box named to 221 Pte. W. Cunnington, Hunts. Cyclist Bn., & Royal Warwickshire Regt., together with copy correspondence from The Huntingdon Branch of the Northamptonshire Regiment Old Comrades Association to his widow regarding the dedication of a bench in his memory, following his death in 1968.
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A Great War M.M. group of ten awarded to Warrant Officer Class II W. Cunnington, Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and Royal Warwickshire Regiment, later Northamptonshire Regiment Military Medal, G.V.R. (268479 Pte. W. Cunnington. 1/7 R. War. R.); British War and Victory Medals (221 Pte. W. Cunnington. Hunts. Cyc.. B.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (221 Pte. W. Cunnington. Hunts. Cyc. Bn.); 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (5878256 Sjt. W. Cunnington. 5 - North’n R.); Efficiency Medal, G.V.R., Territorial (5878256 W.O. Cl. II W. Cunnington M.M. 5 - North’n R.) mounted for wear, some polishing and contact marks, overall better than very fine (10) £800-£1,000 --- M.M. London Gazette 11 February 1920 William Cunnington, from Hinchingbrooke, Huntingdonshire, served during the Great War in both the 1/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion and the 1/7th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. His medal index card also notes service with 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment. He was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal per Army Order 435 or 1925, and is confirmed on the medal roll for the 1935 Jubilee Medal as Warrant Officer Class II, 5th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Territorial Army). Sold with original transmittal slip for the M.M., dated 17 March 1920, which was sent to the recipient at Park Farm, Hinchingbrooke, Huntington; a photograph of the recipient in later life; Army Council medal transmittal slip for three medals granted for his service in the Second World War; white card medal issue box named to 221 Pte. W. Cunnington, Hunts. Cyclist Bn., & Royal Warwickshire Regt., together with copy correspondence from The Huntingdon Branch of the Northamptonshire Regiment Old Comrades Association to his widow regarding the dedication of a bench in his memory, following his death in 1968.
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