Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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Three: Private W. Walters, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 9 August 1916
1914-15 Star (9036 Pte. W. Walters. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (9036 Pte. W. Walters. Hamps: R.); Memorial Plaque (William Walters) some scratches and marks to VM, otherwise generally very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (9035 A. Cpl. G. T. Walters. Hamps. R.) edge bruises and contact marks, nearly very fine (5) £120-£160

William Walters was born in Southampton and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment, alongside his brother George (note consecutive numbers). He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War in Gallipoli from 25 April 1915, and subsequently on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 9 August 1916. He is buried in Polijze Ground Cemetery, Belgium.

George Thomas Walters. brother of the above, was born in Southampton on 8 September 1889 and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment at Southampton. He served with the 1st Battalion alongside his brother during the Great War in Gallipoli from 25 April 1915.

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