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A Great War 'Western Front' M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper H. Breckon, Royal Engineer...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper H. Breckon, Royal Engineers, who was fortunate not to lose a leg when struck by enemy shellfire Military Medal, G.V.R. (474752 Sapr. H. Breckon. Sig: Sub-Sec: R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (205193 Spr. H. Breckon. R.E.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918. Henry Breckon was born in Hull in 1899 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Central Hull Recruiting Office in February 1917. An electric wireman by trade, he joined the 9th Signals in France on 11 November 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal a little under a year later. Wounded in action on 6 October 1918, his Army Service Record notes the ‘considerable loss’ of calf muscle to his left leg in consequence of being struck by a piece of shell. Evacuated to hospital in Brighton, he was later discharged from the service and awarded a Silver War Badge. Given his young age, it seems likely that he returned home to his mother’s house at 15 Somerscales Street, Hull, to complete his recovery. Sold with copied research.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Sapper H. Breckon, Royal Engineers, who was fortunate not to lose a leg when struck by enemy shellfire Military Medal, G.V.R. (474752 Sapr. H. Breckon. Sig: Sub-Sec: R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (205193 Spr. H. Breckon. R.E.) good very fine (3) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918. Henry Breckon was born in Hull in 1899 and attested for the Royal Engineers at Central Hull Recruiting Office in February 1917. An electric wireman by trade, he joined the 9th Signals in France on 11 November 1917 and was awarded the Military Medal a little under a year later. Wounded in action on 6 October 1918, his Army Service Record notes the ‘considerable loss’ of calf muscle to his left leg in consequence of being struck by a piece of shell. Evacuated to hospital in Brighton, he was later discharged from the service and awarded a Silver War Badge. Given his young age, it seems likely that he returned home to his mother’s house at 15 Somerscales Street, Hull, to complete his recovery. Sold with copied research.
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