WW1 NZEF Military Cross group

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Description

WW1 / WW2 NZEF Military Cross group of 7 medals . Comprising ;

Military Cross ( contemporarily engraved to back LT HB Rishworth R.E  4/4/19 )

1914/15 Star Officially impressed 4/461 SGT HBR Rishworth NZEF

British war medal officially impressed  2nd Lieut  HBR Rishworth

Victory medal  Officially impressed 2nd Lieut HBR  Rishworth

NZWSM

NZ Territorial 12 year service medal , engraved 9/66 Sergt HBR Rishworth Corps of NZ Engrs (1918)

NZ Long & Efficient service medal  engraved HBR Rishworth Late 9/66 Corps of NZE (1920).

 Rishworth born in Reefton 1891 , was educated at Auckland Grammar . A main body man , serving at Gallipoli then France . Was commisioned & transferred out of the ranks to serve with the Royal Engineers were he won  his Military Cross . LG 4/4/19 . Citatation reads ;

2nd Lt Howard Burnett Rishworth, 25th Sig Co ,R.E

 " He was in command of two cable detachments laying the main trunk lines forward in the recent advance from Le Cateauu-Lanreccies- Dompierre . His lineswere continually well in front of his alloted points, and it was entirely due to his resoursefulness, energy and fine example to his men that the division was in telephonic communication with all its brigades throughout these most difficult and highly important operations ".