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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 103

Three: Captain P.J.R. Easte, Hampshire Home Guard, Late Royal Army Service Corps and Middlesex Regiment
British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. Oak Leaves (Capt. P.J.R. Easte); Defence Medal, minor edge bruise to first, otherwise good very fine, with named card boxes of issue for the Great War medals; the recipient's Hampshire Regiment shooting medal, bronze, the reverse engraved '9th (Forest) Bn. Hampshire H.G. Pte. J.R. Easte Crofton Cup'; and Hampshire cap badge

Three: Captain J. Watterston, Hampshire Home Guard, Late Royal Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. J. Watterston), BWM officially renamed; Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine

Three: Private W.F.W. Fry, Hampshire Home Guard, Late Royal Warwickshire Regiment
British War and Victory Medals (36329 Pte. W.F.W. Fry. R. War. R.); Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate; Army Council enclosure for the Defence Medal; and two Buckingham Palace letters

Three: Private R.H. Kennett, Hampshire Home Guard, Late Gordon Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (S-23022 Pte. R.H. Kennett. Gordons.); Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with named card box of issue for the Great War awards; the recipient's two card identity tags; two shooting medals, one silver (Hallmarks for Birmingham 1911), the reverse engraved 'K.S.R.O.T.C. Best Shot of the Year Pte. R.H. Kennett. 1916'; the other bronze, the reverse engraved 'K.S.R.O.T.C. Open Range Shooting Pte. R.H. Kennett. 1916'; and Army Council enclosure for the Defence Medal

Pair: Captain H. Crees, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence and War Medals, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's named Commander-in-Chief Certificate of Appreciation, dated 8.1.1943; card identity disc; gold identity tag; and Army Council enclosure

One: Sergeant E.C. Morgan, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's named Mustering Instructions booklet, and Home Guard cloth insignia

One: Private W.J. Littley, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate

One: Private T.D. Lewis, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence Medal, good very fine, with the recipient's Railway Service lapel badge; Certificate of Discharge; Southern Railway documents; and National Registration card

One: Lance-Corporal H.C.H. James, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence Medal, nearly extremely fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate, and photograph of the recipient on his wedding day

One: Sergeant Major D.A. Johnson, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's shooting medal, bronze, the reverse engraved '25th Bn. Hamps. H.G. Rifle Competition 15th October 1944 3rd Prize Sgt. Major D.A. Johnson "A" Coy.'

One: Private A.E. Hodges, Hampshire Home Guard
Defence Medal, very fine, with the recipient's named Home Guard Service Certificate and Special Order of the Day letter; together with various other documents and insignia relating to the Hampshire Home Guard (lot)

M.I.D. London Gazette 25.5.1918 Easte, T./Capt. P.J.E., Army Service Corps

Captain Percy John Revill Easte, Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Middlesex Regiment, transferred to the Army Service Corps with the rank of Captain, 5.6.1916; subsequently served with the 9th (Forest) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard.

Captain James Watterston, enlisted in the Royal Highlanders, 23.2.1916, and served with the 4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 18.10.1916; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Highlanders, 29.5.1917; transferred 26th Brigade Trench Mortar Battery; promoted Captain, 1.2.1941, and served with the 12th (Southampton) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard

Private Walter F.W. Fry, served in the Hampshire Home Guard, 13.3.1941 - 31.12.1944.

Captain H. Crees, appointed Captain for Administrative and Quarter-Master Duties, 18th (Dockyard Port) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard.

Sergeant E.C. Morgan served with the 1st (Andover) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard.

Private William John Littley, born 28.11.1900; served with the 11th (Eastleigh) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard, 6.9.1940 - 31.12.1944.

Private Thomas Denis Lewis, born 1914; enlisted in the Royal Army Service Corps, 1931; discharged, 13.6.1934, after 2 years and 278 days' service; subsequently served with the 21st (4th Southern Railway) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard

Lance-Corporal Henry Charles Herbert James, served with the Hampshire Home Guard, February 1941 - 31.12.1944.

Sergeant Major D.A. Johnson, served with the 25th (Rotherwick) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard.

Private A.E. Hodges, served with the 19th (West Wight) Battalion, Hampshire Home Guard, 5.8.1940 - 31.12.1944.

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