CORPORAL J.W. WHINHAM, 12TH BATTALION HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY. Three: Military Medal, George V (41862 Corporal, 12th Battalion Highland Light Infantry) British War and Victory Medals (41862 Corporal, Highland Light Infantry). Silver medals attractively toned, original silk ribbons, virtually as struck.
Group accompanied by Medal Index Card and Commonwealth War Graves details, which confirm that John Whinham initially saw service during the First World War with the King's Own Scottish Borderers and subsequently as 41862 Corporal with the Highland Light Infantry. Corporal John W. Whinham died on 24th March 1918. He was the son of Edward and Jane Whinham, has no known grave, and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial, panel 72. Group also accompanied by portrait studio "postcard" type photograph of Corporal Whinham in uniform and wearing his Military Medal ribbon. Corporal Whinham's Military Medal was announced in the Lodon Gazette of 18th October 1917, page 10730, where his home town was given as Dumfries. Corporal Whinham's Military Medal was possibly awarded for the taking of the Frezenburg Redoubt, 31st July 1917, during the battle of Arras. The Redoubt was captured by the 10/11th and 12th Battalions Highland Light Infantry of 46th Brigade, in what the regimental history describes as "a stiff fight". During the attack the H.L.I. battalions were assisted by four tanks, two on each flank, the first occasion on which the regiment had gone into action supported by tanks.
