Victory Medal 1914-19 (8) (9910 A. Sjt. P. Ballance. Linc. R.; 4095 Pte. J. Bosnell. Linc. R.; 23259 Pte. L. Codd. Linc. R.; 1919 Pte. Daft. Linc. R.; 33320 Pte. H. Firth Linc. R.; 615 Pte. E. Goy. Linc. R.; 28308 Pte. J. Hambling. Linc. R.; 241246 Pte. J. Hambling. Linc. R.) generally nearly very fine and better (8) £70-£90

Percy Ballance was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 6th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War, and was killed in action on 9 August 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

28308 Private James Hambling was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was taken Prisoner of War. Released at the cessation of hostilities, he transferred to the Reserve on 13 September 1916.

241246 Private John Hambling, the brother of 28308 Private James Hambling, was born in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment. He served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 2 July 1916. He is buried in Gommecourt Wood New Cemetery, Foncquevillers, France.

Sold with a small quantity of original documents for the Hambling brothers, including various letters home.