Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family Group:

Pair: Private G. H. Hobson, Royal Army Medical Corps
British War and Victory Medals (80629 Pte. G. H. Hobson. R.A.M.C.) good very fine

Pair: Lance-Bombardier H. J. Hobson, 57th H.A.A. Regiment, Royal Artillery, who died on active service on 12 March 1941
Defence and War Medals 1939-45, with named Army Council enclosure, nearly very fine

Pair: Sergeant G. J. Hobson, Royal Air Force, who was killed in action on 11 September 1940
1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; War Medal 1939-45, with named Air Council enclosure, extremely fine (7) £300-£400

Horace James Hobson, the son of Private George Henry Hobson, Royal Army Medical Corps, of Cowes, Isle of Wight, and the brother of George John Hobson, served with 215 Battery, 57th Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery during the Second World War, and died on active service on 12 March 1941, aged 19. He is buried in Gosport (Ann’s Hill) Cemetery, Hampshire.

George John Hobson, the son of Private George Henry Hobson, Royal Army Medical Corps, of Cowes, Isle of Wight, and the brother of Horace James Hobson, served with 44 Squadron, Royal Air Force during the Second World War. He was killed in action on the night of 11-12 September 1940 when his Hampden crashed into the sea after being hit by flak whilst on a bombing raid to Bremerhaven. He is buried in Becklingen War Cemetery, Germany.