A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment

Pair: Private E. H. Bicker, 1/4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment, killed in action, Mesopotamia, 24 February 1917

British War and Victory Medals (203124 Pte., Hamps. R.); Memorial Plaque (Edward Henry Bicker) extremely fine (3)
£100-140

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

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Edward Henry Bicker enlisted at Bournemouth. Initially served with the 1/7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment. When serving with the 1/4th Battalion in Mespotamia he was killed in action on 24 February 1917, aged 31 years. His name is commemorated on the Basra Memorial. He was the son of Edward and Jane Bicker of Lloyds Bank Chambers, Bournemouth; and was a Pupil of Messrs. Bicker and Pettitt, Incorporated Accountants. With a portrait photograph of the recipient.