Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Victory Medal 1914-19 (8) (4719 Pte. J. Pickett, Hamps. R.; 7275 Pte. E. Howe, Hamps. R.; 8237 Pte. F. O’Brien, Hamps. R.; 14483 Pte. C. Golding, Hamps. R.) very fine and better (4) £50-70

Ernest Howe and Frances O’Brien landed with the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment on 23 August 1914 - they both qualified for the 1914 Star with clasp. O’Brien subsequently transferred to the Royal Engineers. John Pickett was born in East Boldre, Lymington, Hampshire and enlisted on 4 September 1914, aged 35 years. He joined the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment in France on 12 November 1914 and so qualified for the 1914 Star. On 2 September 1916 he transferred to the Berkshire Regiment and went to France but after seven weeks returned to the UK and was discharged on 8 October 1917 suffering from “Varicose Veins”. He was awarded the Silver War Badge. With copied m.i.c.

Charles Golding landed with the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment on the River Clyde arriving off Cape Helles at dawn on 25 April 1915 - qualifying for the 1914-15 Star. The Battalion landed on V Beach and suffered heavy casualties, many men hit while wading ashore in shoulder deep water and many of the wounded being drowned. His copied m.i.c. shows Private Charles Golding 14483 as being K.I.A.