Baldwin & Sons
Auction 75 26 September 2012
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MILITARY MEDALS. Gallantry Groups. Great War MM Group of 4 awarded to Sergeant Frederick Alfred Goring, 1st / 5th (City of London) Battalion London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), late 6th (City of London) Battalion, London Regiment (City of London Rifles), awarded for bravery shown 26 April 1918 during the German Spring Offensive at Arras, Military Medal, GVR (320875 Sjt: F.A.Goring. 1/5 Lond:R.), 1914-15 Star (255. Pte. F. A. Goring, 6-Lond.R.), British War & Victory Medals (Sjt); officially impressed, group court-mounted on board for display. Toned, nearly extremely fine. (4)
MM London Gazette 29.08.18
The 1st/6th Londons were disbanded at the end of July 1918 when its infantry brigades were reduced to three battalions, hence his move to the 1st / 5th Londons. This MM was awarded to 320873 Sergeant F A Goring for his part in the action 26 April 1918, during the Battle of Arras. The 1901 Census shows Frederick Alfred Goring as having been born 10 September 1895 in Bloomsbury, London, the son of a Portmanteau Maker, at 53 Burton Crescent, St Pancras. Genealogical research suggests that he married one Anne Bowie in 1923, and that he died in 1975 at Canterbury, aged of 80. Sold with copy MIC, MM Card, London Gazette mention and some genealogical research.
ex DNW, 5 March 1996, lot 543
Estimate: £700-900
MM London Gazette 29.08.18
The 1st/6th Londons were disbanded at the end of July 1918 when its infantry brigades were reduced to three battalions, hence his move to the 1st / 5th Londons. This MM was awarded to 320873 Sergeant F A Goring for his part in the action 26 April 1918, during the Battle of Arras. The 1901 Census shows Frederick Alfred Goring as having been born 10 September 1895 in Bloomsbury, London, the son of a Portmanteau Maker, at 53 Burton Crescent, St Pancras. Genealogical research suggests that he married one Anne Bowie in 1923, and that he died in 1975 at Canterbury, aged of 80. Sold with copy MIC, MM Card, London Gazette mention and some genealogical research.
ex DNW, 5 March 1996, lot 543
Estimate: £700-900