Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private W. H. Newell, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, killed in action, 13 May 1915

1914-15 Star (9650 Pte., Hamps. R.); British War and Victory Medals (9650 Pte., Hamps. R.) mounted court style for wear; Memorial Plaque (Walter Henry Newell) nearly extremely fine (4) £160-200

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

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Walter Henry Newell was born and lived in Aldershot, Hampshire and enlisted at Winchester. Serving with the 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 3 December 1914 and was killed in action on 13 May 1915. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. With copied m.i.c.