Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Captain E. G. Hodgkison, Cheshire Regiment

1914-15 Star (Lieut. E. G. Hodgkison. Ches. R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. E. G. Hodgkison) VM officially re-impressed; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze palm emblem on riband, trace of verdigris to obverse of VM, dinting to reverse of CdeG, otherwise good very fine (4) £100-£140

Edward George Hodgkison (also spelt Hodgkinson) was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Cheshire Regiment on 2 November 1914, and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War in Gallipoli, Egypt, and Palestine. He was promoted Lieutenant on 1 June 1916, and subsequently served on the Staff in Egypt with the rank of Captain, being Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 14 June 1918). For his services during the Great War he was awarded the French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 11 March 1919), and was also awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun, 5th Class (London Gazette 24 March 1921).