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Code: 18174
WW1 Hampshire Regiment Gallipoli Casualty Pair of Medals.
Awarded to 15259 Pte F Butler Hamps R. Comprising: 1914/15 Star, Victory Medals. Complete with original silk ribbons and forwarding letter for the for the 1914/15 Star. ... Also a religious cross Near VGC.
Private Frank Butler was a native of Hartley Wintney Hampshire, and in 1915 was serving with the 2nd Battalion Hampshire Regiment that landed at Gallipoli on the 15th June 1915. He was killed in action on the 29th June 1915 and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
