WW1. War medal. Hatton. Gloucestershire regiment. KIA battle of Poelcappelle. Good VF and scarce

Good VF and scarce

the Middlesex Regiment formed two labour battalions

He attested for the 4th (Home counties ) Howitzer brigade

British war and victory medal correctly named to 4935 PTE

Scarce type

WW1. War medal. Hatton. Gloucestershire regiment. KIA battle of Poelcappelle. Good VF and scarceCorrectly impressed to 4852 J. HATTON. GLOUC. R. The medal index card also shows his service number 241699 Gloucestershire regiment. 241699 John Cyril Hatton served with the 1st 4th territorial battalion, (City of Bristol). He was killed in action on 10. 10. 1917, during the battalions participation in the battle of Poelcappele. He is commemorated at the nearby Tyne Cot memorial. John Cyril Hatton was the son of Jane Hatton (nee Hughes), of 77, London