India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2735 Corpl. H. E. Marker, 1st Bn. Hamp. Regt.)

Four: Serjeant H. E. Harper, 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry
1914-15 Star (9214 Pte., 3/Can. Inf.); British War and Victory Medals (9214 Sjt., 3-Can. Inf.); Canadian Memorial Cross, G.V.R. (9214 Sgt. H. E. Harper) with ribbon, in case of issue, first with edge bruise, very fine (5)
£220-260

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

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Harold E. Harper was born in Kensington, London in August 1870. Employed in Canada and having previously served 16 years in the Hampshire Regiment, he attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at Valcartier, Quebec, on 22 September 1914. Posted overseas with the 3rd Battalion Canadian Infantry, he served in France, February-June 1915, after which he served in England until his discharge on 30 November 1917, having been found no longer fit for war service.

With Harper’s copied service and discharge papers. The latter record that he had previously served on the ‘Indian Frontier 1896’ and ‘Somaliland 1904’.

The implication from the deceased owner was that the two men were one and the same; this is not confirmed.