A Great War M.C. Group of Eight to Major J. MacD. Latham, Highland Light Infantry, Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with bar (Lieut., High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, the earlier awards with contact wear and polished, generally very fine or better, mounted Court-style as worn (8)

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A Great War M.C. Group of Eight to Major J. MacD. Latham, Highland Light Infantry, Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star, with bar (Lieut., High. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Major); Defence and War Medals; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937, the earlier awards with contact wear and polished, generally very fine or better, mounted Court-style as worn (8)

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Lot Essay

M.C. London Gazette 3.6.1919.

Major John MacDuff Latham, M.C., first entered the French Theatre of War with the 2nd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry in mid-August 1914 but appears to have returned to the U.K. in the following month, quite probably as a result of wounds (Services of Military Officers 1920 refers). During this period the 2nd Battalion was hotly engaged, one of its number, Private George Wilson, winning a V.C. for his great bravery at Verneuill on 14.9.1914. Latham returned to France in February 1917 and remained on active service there until the end of hostilities.

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These Medals form part of a Family Group; also see Lot No. 537.