Auction Catalogue

12 November 2020

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№ 165

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12 November 2020

Hammer Price:
£500

Four: Private G. W. Clampett, Hampshire Regiment, who was wounded on the Western Front in September 1914

Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Somaliland 1902-04, Jidballi (4644 Pte. G. Clampett. Hamp: Regt.); 1914 Star, with clasp (4644 Pte. G. W. Clampett. 1/Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (4644 Pte. G. W. Clampett. Hamps. R.) the first worn, therefore good fine, the Great War trio better (4) £280-£320

George William Clampett attested for the Hampshire Regiment on 2 July 1895, and served with them in India from 25 February 1898 to 2 February 1903; in Somaliland from 20 June 1893 to 9 July 1904; in Bermuda from 22 November 1905 to 15 September 1907; in South Africa from 16 July 1907 to 6 December 1911; and in Mauritius from 7 December 1911 to 13 January 1914. He subsequently served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 22 August 1914, and was wounded on 17 September 1914. He transferred to the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 2 September 1916; the Labour Corps on 30 June 1917; and the Royal Defence Corps on 22 June 1918, and was discharged, no longer physically fit, on 20 December 1918, receiving a Silver War Badge.

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