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An Unusual Great War Lifesaving D.C.M. Group of Four to Private W. Kilkenny, Scots Guards, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10494 Pte., 1/S. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (10494 Pte., S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (10494 Pte., S. Gds.), generally good very fine, mounted as worn (4)

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An Unusual Great War Lifesaving D.C.M. Group of Four to Private W. Kilkenny, Scots Guards, Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (10494 Pte., 1/S. Gds.); 1914-15 Star (10494 Pte., S. Gds.); British War and Victory Medals (10494 Pte., S. Gds.), generally good very fine, mounted as worn (4)
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Lot Essay

D.C.M. London Gazette 6.9.1915 'For gallant conduct on 26 July 1915, near Cambrin. He was coming out of his dugout to relieve a man on sentry duty when a bomb fell at the entrance. Private Kilkenny immediately threw it over the parapet, where it at once exploded. His prompt action undoubtedly saved the life of the sentry and probably also those of the men inside the dugout'.

Private William Kilkenny, D.C.M., first entered the French Theatre of War in early January 1915 and afterwards won entitlement to a Silver War Badge.