Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

37th Hampshire Regiment Best Shot Medal (2), silver base silver medal with prominent ‘crossed rifles’ and ‘crowned 37’ suspension, with gilt band inscribed, ‘Best Shot. Lewis Gun 1937 Pte R. Hutchings’ ‘7’ of ‘1937’ re-engraved; reverse: crossed rifles within a wreath, complete with brooch bar, in Phillips, Aldershot fitted case of issue, lid inscribed in gilt, ‘1st Bn. The Hampshire Regt.’; another, bronze, with silver band inscribed, ‘Best Shot Lewis Gun (Runner Up) 1928’, complete with brooch bar, in Phillips, Aldershot case of issue, extremely fine (2) £160-200

Robert Horace Joseph Hutchings, of Portsmouth, Hampshire, attested for the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment c.1937, and served with the Regiment in Palestine, and then in the Second World War. He died in Egypt, 16 April 1943, and is buried in Kantara War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt.