WW1 Military Medal Casualty Group of Four – Cpl. S. Gill, 1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment – K.I.A. 26/9/17
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A rare first world war MM casualty medal group awarded to 325513 Corporal Sidney Gill, 1st Bn. Cambridgeshire Regiment, who after being awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during a raid in May 1917, was sadly killed in action in September 1917 during the attack of Joist Redoubt.
George V Military Medal named to 325513 Pte. S. Gill. 1/1/ Camb: R. – T.F.
1914-15 Star named to 2097 Pte. S. Gill. Camb. R.
British War Medal named to 2097 Cpl. S. Gill. Camb. R.
WW1 Victory Medal named to 2097 Cpl. S. Gill. Camb. R.
The medals are in good condition.
M.M. London Gazette – 9th July 1917
Killed in Action – 26th September 1917
Sidney Gill was born in March, Cambridgeshire, in 1894, residing with his family at 19 Elwyn Road, March. A pre-war Territorial, Sidney arrived in France with the 1/1st Bn., Cambridgeshire Regiment on 14th Feb 1915. On the night of 14th May 1917, Gill took part in a raid on the German held Canadian Trench in front of St Julien to secure prisoners for intelligence gathering. The raiders consisted of four officers and 70 men from D Company, commanded by Captain Aubrey. The raid was pre-empted by a bombardment of the German lines, with the enemy responding. After the German bombardment lifted, the raiding party advanced under a dummy barrage. On return, the password was to be ‘Bully Beef’ and the answer ‘Napoo’. The raid succeeded, with two German prisoners being taken from an enemy sap trench. The artillery kept the enemy in check, and on the patrol’s withdrawal, the Germans reappeared in their front-line trenches and fired off a number of rifle shots; it was believed no more than 15 in total. It was reported that the moral of the raiding party was exemplary from start to finish, with them treating it as a ‘great sport’ and ‘an immense joke’ from start to finish.
On 25th May 1917, it was noted in the war diary that Gill and Pte. E. Buck had been awarded the Military Medal for gallantry during the raid.
Gill’s MM was Gazetted 9th July 1917. He was sadly killed in action on the 26th September 1917 when his Battalion attacked the Joist Redout. He is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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