Groups and Single Decorations for Gallantry

A Great War 1916 ‘Western Front’ M.M. pair awarded to Private E. Hurst, Lincolnshire Regiment, late Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on 26 August 1917 Military Medal, G.V.R. (43660 Pte. E. Hurst. 10/Linc. R.) number partially officially corrected; British War Medal 1914-20 (1716 Pte. E. Hurst. Ches. R.) very fine (2) £240-£280 --- M.M. London Gazette 21 December 1916: 43601 [sic] Pte. E. Hurst, Linc. R. Ernest Hurst, a native of Heaton Norris, Stockport, attested for the Cheshire Regiment and served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 10 November 1914. Transferring to the Lincolnshire Regiment, he served with the 10th Battalion, and was awarded the Military Medal for a raid in October 1916: ‘The 10th Lincolnshires carried out two raids, one in October, and one on 21 December [1916]. Neither was successful. The first raid failed partly because of uncut wire, and because the time allowed - five minutes - was too short. The wire had just been cut by hand when the raiders were recalled. Captain H. N. Newsum and Second Lieutenant R. Brett were awarded M.C.'s., and Lance-Sergeant J. L. Plowman, Corporal F. L. Westley, and Private E. Hurst were awarded M.M.'s for their share in this raid.’ (Regimental History refers). Hurst died of wounds on 26 August 1917, and is buried in Tincourt New British Cemetery, France. Note: The recipient’s number was incorrectly recorded in both the London Gazette entry for his Military Medal, and also the Medal Index Card for the M.M.; presumably the medal was originally issued with this incorrect number, which accounts for the correction to the medal.