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A Great War 'Western Front' D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major H. McMaster, Royal F...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major H. McMaster, Royal Field Artillery, who was thrice wounded, twice Mentioned in Despatches, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 2 December 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue and outer card box, the case with considerable loss to black leather finish; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in slightly damaged case of issue and with outer maroon card box; 1914 Star (Lieut: H. Mc Master. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. Mc Master.) with named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Hugh Mc Master) in original card envelope and outer transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs Mc Master, The Camp, Steeple Clayton, Bucks’, and redirected to ‘Braydon Manor, Purton Wilts.’, and again redirected to ‘The Imperial Hotel, Exmouth’, about extremely fine (6) £2,200-£2,600 --- D.S.O., London Gazette: 1 January 1918. M.C. London Gazette: 1 January 1917: Capt. Hugh Mc Master, R.F.A. M.I.D. London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 11 December 1917. Hugh McMaster was born in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 1 August 1907. He served with the 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914, and was seriously wounded in both 1914 and 1916. He was mortally wounded in 1917, and consequently died on the Western Front on 2 December 1917. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Document, appointing Hugh McMaster, Second Lieutenant, Land Forces, dated 1 August, 1907.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O., M.C. group of five awarded to Major H. McMaster, Royal Field Artillery, who was thrice wounded, twice Mentioned in Despatches, and died of wounds on the Western Front on 2 December 1917 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, in Garrard, London, case of issue and outer card box, the case with considerable loss to black leather finish; Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in slightly damaged case of issue and with outer maroon card box; 1914 Star (Lieut: H. Mc Master. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Major H. Mc Master.) with named card boxes of issue; Memorial Plaque (Hugh Mc Master) in original card envelope and outer transmission envelope addressed to ‘Mrs Mc Master, The Camp, Steeple Clayton, Bucks’, and redirected to ‘Braydon Manor, Purton Wilts.’, and again redirected to ‘The Imperial Hotel, Exmouth’, about extremely fine (6) £2,200-£2,600 --- D.S.O., London Gazette: 1 January 1918. M.C. London Gazette: 1 January 1917: Capt. Hugh Mc Master, R.F.A. M.I.D. London Gazettes 15 June 1916 and 11 December 1917. Hugh McMaster was born in 1887 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery on 1 August 1907. He served with the 41st Battery, 42nd Brigade during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 August 1914, and was seriously wounded in both 1914 and 1916. He was mortally wounded in 1917, and consequently died on the Western Front on 2 December 1917. He is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France. Sold with the recipient’s original Commission Document, appointing Hugh McMaster, Second Lieutenant, Land Forces, dated 1 August, 1907.
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