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Auction: 5012 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 630

Pair: Captain J.H. Ashton, Royal West Kent Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (Capt. J.H. Ashton), extremely fine Pair: Lieutenant J. Hotine, Essex Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Hotine), nearly extremely fine (4) Estimate £ 80-100Captain James Hyatt Ashton; Second Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, 27.10.1914; served in the Great War with the 3rd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front from September 1916; Lieutenant 4.9.1916; Captain 21.11.1917. Lieutenant John Hotine, born 1891; educated at the University of London; Temporary Second Lieutenant 9th (Service) Battalion Essex Regiment, 16.12.1914; served in the Great War with the 9th Battalion Essex Regiment, attached Machine Gun Corps on the Western Front from March 1916; Temporary Lieutenant 6.7.1916; wounded at Laventre 29.5.1916, "the officer referred to was shot in the foot while on the parapet of his trench. He fell [hitting his head] and was dazed" (Medical Board Report refers); as a consequence of Shell shock and somnambulism, he received a wound gratuity of £250, 11.7.1917 and subsequently resigned his commission 18.10.1917.

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