Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. pair awarded to Lance-Corporal A. E. Hopton, 1/6th and14th Battalions, Gloucestershire Regiment, who died of wounds in November 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (265907 L.Cpl. A. E. Hopton. 14/Glouc: R.); British War Medal 1914-20 (3304 Pte. A. E. Hopton. Glouc. R.) good very fine (2) £250-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Militaria to the Gloucestershire Regiment (28th and 61st Foot).

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M.M. London Gazette 28 January 1918.

Albert E. Hopton served in France with the 1/6th Battalion from 31 March 1915, and died of wounds on 21 November 1917. He is buried in St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen.