Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Sergeant C. J. A. Hitchcock, East Surrey Regiment

1914 Star (L-4761 Sjt. C. J. A. Hitchcock. 1/E. Surr: R.); British War and Victory Medals (L-4761 Sjt. C. J. A. Hitchcock. E. Surr. R.) good very fine (3) £70-£90

Charles John Augustus Hitchcock, a resident of Kingston on Thames, was born in 1876 and enlisted in the East Surrey Regiment on 21 March 1894. Advanced Sergeant in the 1st Battalion on 5 August 1914, he disembarked in France 16 August 1914 and witnessed fierce fighting during the Retreat from Mons and Battle of Le Cateau. Evacuated home on 16 September 1914, reason unknown, Hitchcock was discharged on 20 March 1915. He later rejoined the Colours on 21 March 1916, serving at home with the 97th Training Reserve and 209th Infantry Battalion. He transferred to Army Reserve on 18 March 1919, and died in 1933.

Sold with the recipient’s original Certificate of Demobilisation.