GREAT WAR MILITARY CROSS & PAIR TO CAPTAIN MILLAR TANK CORPS GV
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£400 - £600
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£1,600 |
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GREAT WAR MILITARY CROSS & PAIR TO CAPTAIN MILLAR TANK CORPS GV Military Cross unnamed as issued Pair correctly impressed - Capt R M Millar Swing mounted as worn Condition GVF+ With numerous pieces of insignia and buttons. A number of medal ribbons. Full size F&G Star, Defence Medal and War Medal. Mini group MC, 14/15 Star, Pair, F&G, Defence and War. Not entitled to 14/15 Star. Robert MacGregor Millar was born in Dorset on 7th June 1896. He landed in France in July 1917 and was subsequently transferred to the Tank Corps. Millar was serving with the Tank Corps when he was awarded the Military Cross. The London Gazette notes his parent regiment was the Somerset Light Infantry and he was to the RE Sig Coy, 3rd Tank BDE. However his medal index card states his first unit was the RGA. The awarded was announced on 31st December 1918. During WW2 he served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Armoured Corps.
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