A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. awarded to Private H. Parkinson, 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment, killed in action, 26 September 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (15935 Pte., 2/Hants. R.) good very fine £280-320

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment.

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M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916.

Harrison Parkinson was born and lived in Rotherham, Yorkshire and enlisted at Attercliffe, Yorkshire. Serving with the Hampshire Regiment, he entered the Balkan theatre of war on 5 December 1915. Serving with the 2nd Battalion, he gained the M.M. for bravery in the field. Serving with the 14th Battalion, he was killed in action on 26 September 1917.Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial at Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Sold with copied gazette extract, M.M. card, m.i.c. and other research.