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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 412

Three: Private F. Hirons, 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry

1914-15 Star (1110 Pte. F. Hirons, R.N. Devon R.); British War and Victory Medals (1110 Pte. F. Hirons, R.N. Devon Yeo.), good very fine (3)

Frederick Hirons first saw action in Gallipoli, in which theatre of operations he arrived on 23 September 1915. He must have been attached to another unit at the time, since the 1/1st Royal North Devon Yeomanry did not land in the peninsula until October.

He then joined the 16th (Yeomanry) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment and was present at the Third Battle of Gaza on 6 November 1917, where, despite being in reserve, the unit lost its Commanding Officer and two men killed, with 4 officers and 46 men wounded.


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