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A Great War 'Western Front' M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. J. Rosser, 189...
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. J. Rosser, 189 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in the 38th (Welsh) Division who was originally recommended for the D.C.M. for the defence of Amiens in June 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (W-2190 A. Sjt. T. J. Rosser. D.189 / Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (W-2190 Bmbr: T. J. Rosser. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (W-2190 Sjt. T. J. Rosser. R.A.) contact marks, edge bruise to the first, otherwise very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918 Thomas John Rosser was born in Briton Ferry near Neath, Glamorgan in 1887. In the 1911 Census he was recorded as a tin plate works ‘Furnaceman’, at Baldwin’s Works and was residing at Herbert Road, Neath. In January 1915 he attested for service in the Royal Field Artillery and was posted to 189th Brigade, R.F.A., in the 38th (Welsh) Division, landing in France on 24 December 1915. On 3 June 1918, with German forces threatening Amiens, he volunteered to take a gun team forward into an advanced position to quell the attack. Three of his N.C.O.’s were killed in the attempt to get the gun into a firing position leaving him with just one gun layer. Nevertheless, they managed to fire twelve rounds into the enemy before he rode back through the enemy barrage to obtain more ammunition. Returning to his gun he recommenced firing until until relieved later by the rest of his battery. He was initially recommended for the D.C.M. but was later awarded the M.M. After his discharge from the army to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in March 1919, he was residing at Hubert Terrace, Melyn, near Neath, and was in receipt of an army pension resulting from the ‘Effects of Gas’. He died in 1954.
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A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of four awarded to Sergeant T. J. Rosser, 189 Brigade, Royal Field Artillery in the 38th (Welsh) Division who was originally recommended for the D.C.M. for the defence of Amiens in June 1918 Military Medal, G.V.R. (W-2190 A. Sjt. T. J. Rosser. D.189 / Bde: R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star (W-2190 Bmbr: T. J. Rosser. R.F.A.); British War and Victory Medals (W-2190 Sjt. T. J. Rosser. R.A.) contact marks, edge bruise to the first, otherwise very fine (4) £300-£400 --- M.M. London Gazette 13 September 1918 Thomas John Rosser was born in Briton Ferry near Neath, Glamorgan in 1887. In the 1911 Census he was recorded as a tin plate works ‘Furnaceman’, at Baldwin’s Works and was residing at Herbert Road, Neath. In January 1915 he attested for service in the Royal Field Artillery and was posted to 189th Brigade, R.F.A., in the 38th (Welsh) Division, landing in France on 24 December 1915. On 3 June 1918, with German forces threatening Amiens, he volunteered to take a gun team forward into an advanced position to quell the attack. Three of his N.C.O.’s were killed in the attempt to get the gun into a firing position leaving him with just one gun layer. Nevertheless, they managed to fire twelve rounds into the enemy before he rode back through the enemy barrage to obtain more ammunition. Returning to his gun he recommenced firing until until relieved later by the rest of his battery. He was initially recommended for the D.C.M. but was later awarded the M.M. After his discharge from the army to Class ‘Z’ Army Reserve in March 1919, he was residing at Hubert Terrace, Melyn, near Neath, and was in receipt of an army pension resulting from the ‘Effects of Gas’. He died in 1954.
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