THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO CAPTAIN GEORGE SANDERS, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, HAS BEEN SOLD AT AUCTION BY DIX NOONAN WEBB IN LONDON. |
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1 March 2017 |
The Victoria Cross awarded to Captain George Sanders, 1 / 7th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment, has been sold at auction by Dix Noonan Webb in London. The estimated sale price was between £180,000 and £220,000. The sale hammer price realised £240,000. The George Sanders VC group was purchased by the Michael Ashcroft Trust the holding institution for the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The group will go on display in the Imperial War Museum's Lord Ashcroft Gallery. For the award of the Victoria Cross [ London Gazette, 9 September 1916 ], Near Thiepval, Battle of the Somme, France, 1 July 1916, Corporal George Sanders, 1 / 7th Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment
For most conspicuous bravery ( near Thiepval, France ). After an advance into the enemy’s trenches, he found himself isolated with a party of thirty men. He organised his defences, detailed a bombing party, and impressed on his men that his and their duty was to hold the position at all costs.
George Sanders was invested with his Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace on the 18th November 1916.
For the award of the Military Cross
[ London Gazette, 18 September 1918 ], Battle of Kemmel Hill, France, 25 April 1918, Captain George Sanders, 2nd ( att'd 6th ) Bn, West Yorkshire Regiment
His splendid example of courage did much to inspire his men at a critical time. Following George Sanders' Military Cross action he was taken prisoner and sent to the Limburg Prisoner of War Camp but was repatriated back to England on the 26th December 1918. |
Iain Stewart, 1 March 2017