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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 446

(x) A Great War Pair awarded to Corporal A. J. Hamm, Royal Garrison Artillery who died on 26 January 1920 and who was additionally awarded a Belgian Croix de Guerre for his Great War service

British War and Victory Medals (30377 Cpl. A. J. Hamm. R.A.); Belgium, Croix de Guerre, mounted for display, good very fine

Belgium, Croix de Guerre, London Gazette 15 April 1918.


Albert James Hamm enlisted on 31 December 1908 and originally served in the Royal Garrison Artillery (30377) before he transferred to the "Y" 5th Divisional Trench Mortar Battery Royal Field Artillery (265397). He is entitled to a Silver War badge (467884) as a result of sickness and was discharged on 3 June 1919. Hamm died on 26 January 1920 and is buried in the Sandown (Christ Church) Churchyard, Isle of Wight, Hampshire.

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