Description
A Great War 1914/15 Trio awarded to 2nd Lt Leonard Vincent Charles Crompton, Liverpool Regiment who transferred to the Machine Gun Corps comprising; 1914-15 Star, (22042 Pte. L.V.C Crompton. L’Pool R.); 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (2 Lieut. L.V.C. Crompton), lightly toned very fine.
Leonard Vincent Charles Crompton was born on the 29th of September, 1895, in North Ashton, Wigan, and was educated at Ashton-in-Makerfield Grammar School. He enlisted for service with the Liverpool Regiment at Liverpool, on the 7th of November, 1914, having previously worked as a Bank Clerk.
He trained as a Lewis Gunner, and left for France on the 7th of November, 1915. Despite being awarded 7 days field punishment in July 1916, he reached the rank of Lance Corporal, before applying for and receiving a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant with the Machine Gun Corps on the 27th of February 1918, joining the 12th Battalion MGC on the 12th of August, 1918. He was later reprimanded by FGCM on the 28th of November, 1918 on two charges of ‘Conduct to the prejudice of good order and military discipline’, and was found guilty of one of these charges. He relinquished his commission on the 1st of September, 1919, and was noted as living at The Cross House, Ashton-in-Makerfield.
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