An Interesting Great War ‘Battle of Cambrai 1917’ M.M. Group of 3 awarded to Private Cecil Harry Cooper, 54th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, who won the Military Medal while serving on attachment with the 260th Railway Company, Royal Engineers, comprising: Military Medal, G.V.R. (80401 Pte C. H. Cooper. 54/F.A. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1920 (80401 Pte. C. H. Cooper. R.A.M.C.); Group swing-mounted on board for display, alongside contemporary portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform, a few light marks in places, very fine (3) M.M.: London Gazette: 19 March, 1918 – ‘for bravery in the field’ (Okehampton)Private Cecil Harry Cooper (1885-1979) was born at Exmouth, Devon, on 27 December 1885, the son of Harry William Cooper, a Housebuilder, and Matilda Cooper (née Hayman). Having worked with his father before the outbreak of war in 1914, he enlisted for service with the Royal Army Medical Corps and served on the Western Front. As part of the 54th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C., he served on attachment to the 260th Railway Company, Royal Engineers, and it was with this unit that he was awarded the Military Medal in 1918. According to ‘The Great War Medal Collector’s Companion’ by Williamson, M.M.s awarded in this gazette almost exclusively relate to the Battle of Cambrai (20 November to 3 December 1917). He is listed on the ‘Devon Heritage’ website, and survived the Great War, returning to work as a Builder, and died in his home town of Exmouth in March 1979.

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