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A Very Rare WWI MM Group of 3 awarded to Private James Joseph Gregory Povey, Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry), comprising: Military Medal, G V R (52202 Pte J. J. G. Povey. 12/Cav: Sq: M.G.C.), British War & Victory Medals, 1914-1919 (52202 Pte. J. J. G. Povey. M.G.C. Cav.); medals officially impressed, and swing mounted on board for display. Toned, the first lightly polished, good very fine overall. (3) MM London Gazette 16.07.1918 James Joseph Gregory Povey was born on the 18th of April, 1892, in Birmingham. He was adopted by the Bennett Family of 20 Brougham Street, Aston, Birmingham, and appears to be a relation (and probably son) of the similarly named James Joseph Gregory Povey, of Handsworth, Staffordshire, who was an Innkeeper and Butcher, who is recorded in the London Gazette as having filed for bankruptcy on the 30th of May, 1862. Private J J G Povey served with the 12th Squadron, Machine Gun Corps Cavalry in WWI, which was formed on the 29th of February 1916 and served with the 8th (Lucknow) Cavalry Brigade, of the 1st Indian Cavalry Division. These troops were dismounted for service in the trenches of the Western Front, and were subsequently broken up on the 14th of April, 1918. Private Povey was awarded the MM for Gallantry on the 16th of July, 1918, presumably related to service during the German Spring Offensives of 1918. James Povey died in Bodmin, Cornwall, on the 23rd of October, 1969. Sold with attractive silver & enamel ID bracelet, copy MIC, copy MM card, and a quantity of research.