A Collection of Medals to the Hampshire Regiment

Three: Private E. H. Nye, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment, killed in action, Italy, 19 July 1943

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1935 (820143 Pte., Hamps. R.); India General Service 1936-39, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1936-37 (820143 Pte., Hamps. R.); General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (820143 Pte., Hamps. R.) good very fine (3) £350-400

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

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Private Edward Henry Nye, 1st Battalion Hampshire Regiment was killed in action in Italy (Sicily) on 19 July 1943, aged 28 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Cassino Memorial.