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A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE 'NELSON BATTALION' RNVR, " GAVRELLE WINDMILL" MILITARY MEDAL & 1914-1915 Trio. To: CZ-4607. P.O. A.R. HAMILL. Wounded as a Leading Seaman on 2nd Nov,1917.

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A VERY RARE & HIGHLY DESIRABLE 'NELSON BATTALION' R.N.V.R.

"GAVRELLE WINDMILL"

MILITARY MEDAL & 1914-1915 Trio.

To: CZ-4607. P.O. A.R. HAMILL.

LONDON GAZETTE 9th July 1917.

Mr Hamill took part in some of the most famous RND actions of the war, including the famous action at GAVRELLE A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE during which the RND captured the windmill and village after a brutal, hand to hand , street to street battle.


He was also present with the RND during the famous actions around VARLET FARM A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE at POELKAPELLE. He was badly wounded in that area while serving as a Leading Seaman on 2nd November 1917. (Gun shot wound to elbow) and this was almost certainly the reason for his eventual discharge. A good Scot, he hailed from "Loch Lomond, Scotland and served with the Nelson Battalion in Gallipoli.
A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE THERE ARE ONLY APPROXIMATELY 61 MM's to the RNVR & 8 Second award clasps to men who served previously in other non-naval units.

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A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE 'NELSON BATTALION' RNVR,

A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE 'NELSON BATTALION' RNVR, " GAVRELLE WINDMILL" MILITARY MEDAL & 1914-1915 Trio. To: CZ-4607. P.O. A.R. HAMILL. Wounded as a Leading Seaman on 2nd Nov,1917.
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A VERY RARE & DESIRABLE 'NELSON BATTALION' RNVR, "GAVRELLE WINDMILL" MILITARY MEDAL & 1914-1915 Trio. To: CZ-4607. P.O. A.R. HAMILL. Wounded as a Leading Seaman on 2nd Nov,1917.