Auction Catalogue

6 July 2004

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 189

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6 July 2004

Hammer Price:
£130

1914 Star (7035 Pte. A. B. Creighton, 1/Nortth’n. R.); 1914-15 Star (2) (15922 Pte. J. G. Duckett, R. W. Fus.; 5671 Pte. F. V. E. Hooper, Devon. R.) very fine and better (3) £60-80

Francis Victor Emmanuel Hooper enlisted at Plymouth as Private 5671 in the Devonshire Regiment. Serving with the 1st/4th Battalion Devonshire Regiment as Private 202879, he was killed in action in Mesopotamia, 8 November 1917. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial.