Description
The Dunkirk Military Medal Casualty group of three awarded to Signalman John Alexander Cross, 11th Light Car Section, attached 1.H.Q. Signals. Who was awarded the Military Medal on the 26th May 1940 near Cassel comprising Military Medal, GVIR, (783320 Sgln. J.A. Cross. R. Signals), 1939-45 Star, 1939-45 War Medal, unnamed as issued. Toned very fine.
Military Medal London Gazette 22nd October 1940 “Whilst carrying Despatches in his Light car he met an enemy tank on the road which opened fire killing the driver and wounding Cross. He took the despatches from the car, crawled some distance along a ditch, being machine gunned at intervals from the tank when he got clear he met a column of French transport warned them of the presence of the tank and diverted them to another road. He obtained a lift on a passing vehicle, delivered his despatches and returned to the unit with other messages before he had his wound dressed. He refused to be evacuated and carried on until the embarkation on the 28th May.”
Signalman Cross did not survive the War and died between the 26th and the 28th May 1942 at Cucklington Camp he is buried in Cardonald Cemetery Glasgow.
Sold with an original photograph of Signalman Cross contained in a locket a 1940 Penny and copy London Gazette entry, copy photograph of headstone and a copy page form the Aberdeen Journal dated 4th July 1940 “Awards to B.E.F. Heroes a list in which Signaller Cross is mentioned.
