Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War ‘August 1915 Hooge’ D.C.M. group of four awarded to Private E. Hall, 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (9051 Pte E. Hall. 1/E. Kent Regt) and reverse field additionally engraved ‘Hooge Aug. 1915’; 1914 Star, with loose clasp (L-9051 Pte E. Hall. 1/E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-9051 Pte. E. Hall. E. Kent R.) generally very fine or better (4) £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Kenneth Petrie Collection.

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D.C.M. London Gazette 14 January 1916, citation published 11 March 1916:
‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He remained alone in the crater when his fellow stretcher-bearer was killed, and attended on the wounded regardless of his own personal safety. He had continually to run over open ground under heavy fire. His coolness and skill in rendering first aid and in digging out buried men was admirable.’

Ernest Hall served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, East Kent Regiment in the French theatre of war from 7 September 1914. He subsequently transferred to the Labour Corps, before returning to the The Buffs with whom he served in Fermoy, Ireland after the war.