Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Guardsman T. Hoggett, 1st Battalion, Irish Guards, who was killed in action at Djebel Bou Aoukaz, Tunisia, on 30 April 1943, in which action his comrade Lance-Corporal J. P. Kenneally won the Victoria Cross

General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2718441 Gdsmn. T. Hoggett. I. Gds.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, 1 clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, extremely fine (5) £140-£180

Thomas Henry Hoggett was killed in action on 30 April 1943, aged 24, and is commemorated by name on the Medjez-el-Bab Memorial, Tunisia.

Guardsman Hoggett was killed in the action of Djebel Bou Aoukaz, in which action Lance-Corporal J. P. Keneally, of the same battalion, won the Victoria Cross for bravery on the 28th and 30th April 1943.