A Great War M.M. Group of 4 awarded to Sergeant Samuel Henry Whiting, of “C” Company, 189th (Hackney) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who having received his M.M. in the summer of 1917, was later wounded in action in November 1918, comprising: Military Medal, G.V.R. (9517 Cpl S. H. Whiting. C. 189/Bde. R.F.A.); 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (9517 Sjt. S. H. Whiting. R.A.); Group swing-mounted on card for display, toned, extremely fine (4) M.M.: London Gazette: 16 August, 1917 – ‘for bravery in the field’Sergeant Samuel Henry Whiting, of Vauxhall, South London, served in the Great War with the Royal Field Artillery, enlisting as a Bombardier and disembarking in France and Flanders on 8 July 1915. Promoted to Corporal, he was awarded the Military Medal for service with “C” Company, 189th (Hackney) Brigade, R.F.A., as listed in the London Gazette of 16 August 1917. This Gazette date, as noted by Howard Williamson (‘The Great War Medal Collectors Companion, Vol. I’), tends to include awards for minor operations in June 1917.He was wounded in action in November 1918, as recorded in the War Office ‘Weekly Casualty List’ of 12 November 1918, and was later discharged from further service (with entitlement to a Silver War Badge).

Estimate: GBP 300 - 400