Sgt Arnold Loosemore was awarded Britain's top gallantry award for thwarting a German counterattack.
By Kevin ShoesmithMedals, including a Victoria Cross , awarded to a World War One soldier from Sheffield are expected to fetch up to £220,000 at auction.
Sgt Loosemore fought with "every means possible" to thwart a counterattack, London auctioneers Noonans said.Sgt Arnold Loosemore's medals include the Victoria Cross, pictured far leftChristopher Mellor-Hill, from Noonans, said the medals were a "phenomenal achievement", with only 19 men said to have received both the VC and the DCM during the war.
Born in Sharrow, Sheffield, in 1886, Sgt Loosemore was the sixth of seven brothers, all of whom served during the 1914-18 war.On 11 August 1917, near Langemarck in Belgium, the Third Battle of Ypres was raging. Two members of the then-private's section had been killed but he was observed throwing everything he had at the enemy.
The previous day, he was credited with having downed an aircraft engaged in a dog-fight with a British fighter.Sgt Loosemore was presented with the Victoria Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace. A civic reception was held for him in Sheffield, with more than 2,000 people cheering him at the steps of the Town Hall.
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