Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private P. Baker, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment

1914 Star, with clasp (7449 Pte., 1/Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (7449 Pte., Hamps. R.) very fine (3)
£140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of 1914 Star Groups.

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Private Percy Baker, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 23 August 1914. Served in the 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Division, in Pulteney’s III Army Corps. Held the left flank of the British line at Le Cateau at Fontaine-au-Pire, with the 1st Rifle Brigade, 1st Somerset Light Infantry and the 1st East Lancashire Regiment. In September the East Lancashire and Hampshire Regiment were ferried across the River Marne near the town of Champigny in the advance to the Aisne. On 30 October 1914 the Hampshires were holding a one mile front east of Ploegsteert Wood when they were subjected to heavy artillery and infantry attack. On 19 December 1914, the 11th Brigade attacked the ‘Birdcage’ to the east of Ploegsteert Wood and suffered heavy casualties - many caused by British artillery whose shots fell short. With copied m.i.c. - clasp confirmed.