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Auction: 22101 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 356

Four: Private H. Hardy, 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment), who was killed in action during the attack on Beaumont Hamel on 3 September 1916

1914-15 Star (14445 Pte. H. Hardy. Notts:&Derby:R.); British War and Victory Medals (14445 Pte. H. Hardy. Notts. & Derby. R.); Great War Bronze Memorial Plaque (Harry Hardy), in card envelope with document of issue, mild edge bruising, the plaque neatly drilled at twelve o'clock with the hole refilled, very fine (4)

Harry Hardy lived at Langley Mill, Derbyshire prior to enlisting at Derby with the 17th Battalion (Welbeck Rangers), Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Entering the war in France on 14 July 1915, Hardy was serving with the Battalion during the attack on Beaumont Hamel on 3 September 1916. They suffered losses of around 450, over two thirds of the unit as a result of grenades, machine gun and sniper fire. Hardy was killed in the attack and is buried at Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart; sold together with copied Commonwealth War Graves details, a copied photograph and extracts relating to the attack.

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Sold for
£190

Starting price
£130