Four: Private W. Hubber, Devonshire Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (240128 Pte. W. Hubber. Devon. R.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (1032 Pte. W. Hubber. Devon. R.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (240128 Pte. W. Hubber. 5-Devon. R.) good very fine (4) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Walter Hubber was born in Crediton, Devon, in 1889. A porter by occupation he enlisted into the 5th (Territorial) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and was embodied on 5 August 1914. He embarked with the 1/5th Battalion on the TS Nevasa at Southampton and disembarked at Karachi on 10 November 1914. The battalion served in India until embarking on HT Aronda, disembarking at Suez and entraining for Ismailia as part of the Egypt Expeditionary Force on 4 April 1917. Serving with the 232nd Brigade, 75th Division, the battalion took part in many actions in Palestine from Sampson’s Ridge from June 1917 through to the capture of Berukin on 9 April 1918 when they were relieved prior to transfer to France. Having disembarked at Marseilles the battalion saw action in the final days of the Great War from Ardre Valley on 20 July 1918 to the breaking of the Hindenburg Line on 28 September 1918.

Hubber subsequently enlisted ‘In the Field’ as 35042 Private, 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment on 20 January 1919, and was posted to the reformed 2nd Battalion, embarking at Devonport on HT Huntsend on 16 August 1919. Disembarking at Bombay the battalion moved to Quetta, Baluchistan on 23 November 1919. Returning home he was discharged at Exeter on 31 May 1922, and was awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in August 1922. Appointed Postman, General Post Office, Tavistock, on 7 October 1931, he died in Bradninch, Devon on 5 June 1960, aged 71.

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