Seven: Private E. G. Ford, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action in the Salerno landings in September 1943

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (5495454 Pte., Hamps. R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (5495454 Pte., Hamps. R.), single initial ‘E.’; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals, good very fine and better (7) £300-400

Eric George (Maurice) Ford was killed in action on the first day of the Salerno landings on 9 September 1943, aged 31 years, while serving in the 1/4th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. He was buried in the Salerno War Cemetery.