Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. C. Green, Hampshire Regiment, who was killed in action at Gallipoli on 10 August 1915

1914-15 Star (14759 Pte. J. C. Green. Hamps: R.); British War and Victory Medals (14759 Pte. J. C. Green. Hamps: R.); Memorial Plaque (Joseph Charles Green) nearly extremely fine (4) £180-£220

Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, April 1995.

Joseph Charles Green was born in Winchester and attested there for the Hampshire Regiment. He served with the 10th Battalion during the Great War in the Gallipoli theatre of War from 5 August 1915, and was killed in action five days later, on 10 August 1915, on which date the Battalion was involved in the defence of Green Hill. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.

Sold with copied Medal Index Card and Battalion War Diary extract.