mcmmandbar

On 02/07/2019 at 18:53, cazack said:

Hello all

I would like to share my newest group of medals, misfortunately it is a broken group (Missing the BWM, VM, Order of St Amma 3^rd class with swords)

The group is to Lieutenant Walter George Butteriss, MC, MM

He enlisted in the Army on 5.9.1914 and joined A Company 8th Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment.

On 7.11.1914 he was promoted Lance Corporal, and with 8th Bn he entered France on 29.7.1915.

He was awarded the Military Medal for his part in the attack on Gueudecourt on 25/26.9.1916 (L. G. 6.1.1917, page 344). This would have possibly been for actions for “Grid Trench”

He was promoted to 2^nd Lieutenant on the 29.7.1918 and return to the regiment. He was later posted to the 13^th Battalion, Yorkshire Regiment and departed for Russia on the 16.10.1918, arriving to Murmansk 27.11.1918.

He was awarded the Military Cross for actions near Bolshie Ozerki (L.G. 15.07.1919), citation attached to this tread

He was also awarded the Russian Order of St Amma 3^rd Class with swords on the 24.04.1919, which reported made his decorations combination unique (MC, MM, Order St Anna)

He the was commissioned on the General list in 1942 as a 2nd Lieut and ended up as a Major in the 6^th (Quorn) Battalion, Leicestershire Home Guard 

He was a builder by trade as well as an accomplished sportsman playing for Leicestershire C.C. 2^nd XI in the Minor Counties Championship in 1924, also coached Cricket at Melton Mowbray Grammar school (town of his birth) as well he played hockey for Leicestershire and Melton Mowbray as well rugby for Melton Mowbray

He was born in 1896 and died in 1966 

 

Caz

Hi Caz....if you still have this group then I have I formation you might find interesting. Please contact me on rsc0165@gmail.com 

Cheers,

Rich