Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private L. T. Hooper, Somerset Light Infantry
British War and Victory Medals (51121 Pte. L. Hooper. Som. L.I.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue (Leonard T. Hooper) good very fine

Four: Sapper A. O. Tanner, Royal Engineers
British War and Victory Medals (506389 Spr. A. O. Tanner. R.E.); Defence Medal; Special Constabulary Long Service Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Arthur O. Tanner) contact marks, very fine (8) £90-£120

Leonard Thomas Hooper, a farm labourer from Catcott, Somerset, was born on 2 April 1897. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He appears in the 1939 Register as a Special Constable serving in the Somerset Constabulary. He died in 1972.

Arthur Owen Tanner, a messenger with the General Post Office, was born in Clevedon, Somerset in 1896. He attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served overseas. He died in 1979.

Sold with a silver ID bracelet named to Tanner, fashioned from an erased coin; and copied research.