Three: Able Seaman T. H. Hanson, Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, who was taken Prisoner of War at Antwerp, 9 October 1914

1914 Star, with clasp (KW. 887. T. Hanson, Ord. Sea. R.N.V.R. Collingwood Bttn. R.N.D.); British War and Victory Medals (K.W. 887 T. H. Hanson. A.B. R.N.V.R.) nearly very fine (3) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to Recipients of the 1914 Star.

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Thomas Henry Hanson was born at Sandhill, Rotherham, Yorkshire in 1894 and enlisted into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 31 August 1914 before joining the Royal Naval Division on 8 September 1914. He served with the Collingwood Battalion at the defence of Antwerp where he was captured by the Germans on 9 October 1914, spending the remainder of the war as a prisoner in Germany. He was repatriated to England on 28 December 1918 and discharged on 25 March 1919.