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A Great War 'Western Front' D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant C. Utting, Royal Engin...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant C. Utting, Royal Engineers, for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (607 Sjt: C. Utting. 2/F. Co. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (607. Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (607 L.Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (607 Sjt: C. Utting. R.E.) mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks to the Boer War pair, these very fine, the rest better (7) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 123 June 1915; citation published 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 when seven of his men had been killed or wounded by a shell, in going back under machine gun fire, improvising stretchers, and getting three of the wounded under cover. Sergeant Utting has also done much good work in the trenches since November 1914.’ Charles Utting attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then with No. 2 Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, taken from The War Illustrated, 9 October 1915.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.C.M. group of seven awarded to Sergeant C. Utting, Royal Engineers, for his gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (607 Sjt: C. Utting. 2/F. Co. R.E.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (607. Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (607 L.Cpl. C. Utting. R.E.); 1914 Star, with clasp (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (607 Sjt. C. Utting. R.E.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (607 Sjt: C. Utting. R.E.) mounted court-style for wear, light contact marks to the Boer War pair, these very fine, the rest better (7) £800-£1,000 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 123 June 1915; citation published 30 June 1915: ‘For conspicuous gallantry at Neuve Chapelle on 10 March 1915 when seven of his men had been killed or wounded by a shell, in going back under machine gun fire, improvising stretchers, and getting three of the wounded under cover. Sergeant Utting has also done much good work in the trenches since November 1914.’ Charles Utting attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them in South Africa during the Boer War, and then with No. 2 Field Company during the Great War on the Western Front from 5 November 1914. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient, taken from The War Illustrated, 9 October 1915.
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