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Medals, WW1, Immediate (Posthumous) Military Cross for Gallantry, group of three, awarded to Captain EN Ashe, 8th Territorial Batallion, Manchester Regiment, Killed-in-Action 21st March, 1918, M.C., G.V.R., privately engraved to 'Capt. E. Neville Ashe, Manch. R., Polderhoek, Dec. 28th, 1917', British War and Victory Medals (Capt. EN Ashe -BWM naming officially corrected), MC L/G 03.06.1918: 'For distinguished service in connection with military operations in France & Flanders', copied medal roll, original research including a map, plan and account of the battle action at Manchester Hill which names Captain Ashe in the bibliography. Captain Edward Neville Ashe, MC, served with the 8th (Territorial) Batallion, Manchester Regiment on the Western Fron from September 1st, 1917. He was awarded the Military Cross for gallantry at the Battle of Manchester Hill at Polderhoek, near St. Quentin, Belgium whilst commanding 'A' Company of the 16th Batallion of the Manchester Regiment. He was subsequently killed-in-action on March 21st, 1918. Provenance: Spinks, Lot 59, July 24th, 2014