The fine Second World War North West Europe Immediate M.M. group of four medals to Guardsman Robin

The fine Second World War North West Europe Immediate M.M. group of four medals to Guardsman Robin James Turnbull Greig, Coldstream Guards: Military Medal, George VI (14402668 GDMN. R. J. T. GREIG. C. GDS.), official alteration to surname, good very fine or better; 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; War Medal 1939-45; the last three privately named (14402668 GDSM. R. J. T. GREIG M.M.), nearly extremely fine. [4]

M.M. London Gazette 19/04/1945

Robin Turnbull Greig was born in the West Indies to British parents on the 24th of July 1924. He worked as a kitchen hand, and enlisted in the General Service Corps in 1942, before attesting for the Coldstream Guards in March 1944. He was sent to North West Europe on the 16th of October 1944, and on the 16th of February 1945 his Battalion attacked the German defences south of Hommersun. The recommendation for his M.M. states that

"Guardsman Greig was a member of the right hand section of the right hand company of the Battalion attack.... After a long advance under heavy enemy Artillery fire this section was within a few hundred yards of its final objective when it was temporarily unsighted by a smoke screen put down for the benefit of the formation on the right. For this reason they did not see a German machine gun post in their vicinity until it had opened up at short range killing the section commander and one other man. Gdsm Greig at once assumed command of the section and seized the bren gun, but while he was doing this two more men in the section had been killed by the same German machine gun post. Gdsm Greig now single handed charged the enemy post, killed the two men on the machine gun and put the remainder to flight. He then fell wounded in four places in the leg. As a result of this fine action he allowed the few remaining men of the section to continue their advance thus covering the right flank of his platoon and incidentally the whole company.".

Greig's injuries meant the end of his active service during the war, but he returned to duty in Germany in April 1946. He was discharged in March 1948.