Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Three: Gunner G. S. Hardy, Royal Garrison Artillery, who died on the Western Front, 26 October 1918
1914-15 Star (34380. Gnr. G. S. Hardy, R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (34380 Gnr. G. S. Hardy. R.A.) good very fine

Pair: Driver H. Hardy, Army Service Corps
British War and Victory Medals (T4-234720 Dvr. H. Hardy. A.S.C.) good very fine

Three: S. Hardy
Church Council of Education for Birkenhead and Wirral Punctual Attendance Medal (2), white metal, the reverse engraved ‘To Samuel Hardy, Heswell, for 2 Years, 1887’; another, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘To Samuel Hardy, Heswell, for 3 Years, 1888’; Reward of Superior Merit Medal for Regular Attendance, white metal, unnamed, very fine, the whole mounted for display purposes with two R.G.A. shoulder titles; and an A.S.C. cap badge (8) £50-£70

George Stephen Hardy was born in Heswell, Cheshire, and attested for the Royal Garrison Artillery at Liverpool. He served with the 60th Siege Battery during the Great War on the Western Front, and died on 26 October 1918. He is buried in Etretat Churchyard Extension, Seine-Maritime, France.