British War Medal 1914-20 : Captain L H Cecil, King's Royal Rifle Corps

Place Europe: Western Front
Accession Number REL31856.002
Collection type Heraldry
Object type Medal
Physical description Silver
Maker Unknown
Place made United Kingdom
Date made c 1920
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Description

British War Medal 1914-20. Impressed around edge with recipient's details.

History / Summary

Associated with the service of Lawrence Henry Cecil. He served in British Army in the 60th Rifles of the King’s Royal Rifle Corps during the First World War where he was awarded the Military Cross for action at Fremicourt on 24 March 1918. Cecil emigrated to Australia after the war. During the Second World War, in September 1940, Cecil left Australia for the Middle East as a war correspondent in charge of an Australian Broadcasting Commission mobile broadcasting field unit. The unit made voice reports about the fighting and also recorded interviews with Australian soldiers and the sounds of battle. The news reports by Cecil and fellow correspondent Chester Wilmot were the first voice reports by ABC correspondents overseas. In addition to recording reports in the field, the ABC field unit also operated a radio station for receiving news broadcasts from Australia and relaying them to Australian troops. The unit covered the war in Egypt, Palestine, Lybia, Greece and Syria until March 1942.

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