A Great War 'Somme' M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. C. Page, 6th Battalion, East Ke...

A Great War ‘Somme’ M.C. group of four awarded to Captain J. C. Page, 6th Battalion, East Kent Regiment Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. J. C. Page. E. Kent. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. J. C. Page) good very fine (4) £700-£900 --- Provenance: The Robert F. Brett Collection of Medals to the Buffs, Dix Noonan Webb, September 1999. M.C. London Gazette 10 January 1917: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in action. He kept crossing “No Man’s Land” under intense fire to reorganise companies, thereby materially assisting in the captured ground being held until reinforcements arrived.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 10 January 1917. M.C. awarded for the Battle of Tronsloy Ridge on the Somme, the following details of which are taken from Historical Records of The Buffs by R. S. H. Moody: ‘The zero hour was fixed at 1.45pm on 7th October, but the enemy must have known what was coming, for an hour before that the Buffs were heavily shelled, and at 1.50pm the Germans opened a tremendous machine gun fire and shrapnel barrage on the front trenches... The battalion, forty strong, was taken out of action by the adjutant, Captain Page, the only officer who was not killed or wounded.’ J. C. Page led the Colour Party of the 6th Battalion in front of a huge crowd of mourners at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 June 1921.