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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 447

(x) Pair: Gunner J. I. May, Royal Artillery

British War and Victory Medals (47730 Gnr. J. I. May. R.A.), very fine

Pair: Private G. Hutchings, Army Service Corps

1914 Star (SS-4318 Pte G. Hutchings. A.S.C.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (SS-4318 Pte. G. Hutchings. A.S.C.), very fine (Lot)

John Isaac May served in Kamerun (Cameroon) on 4 August 1915 with the Royal Garrison Artillery. He served as a Gunner before subsequently transferring to the 12th Battalion, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment where he worked as a Private. In Kamerun he was discharged due to 'sickness' on 3 July 1917. For his war service, he was further entitled to the 1914-15 Star and Silver War Badge.

George Hutchings enlisted into the Army Service Corps on 23 October 1914 and served on the Western Front from 30 October 1914 for 7 months before he was discharged on 8 May 1915 because he was deemed no longer fit for active service due to sickness. Hutchings was also entitled to the British War Medal and Silver War Badge.

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