Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Regimental Sergeant Major J. A. Hanson, 2/2nd West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, who was Mentioned in Despatches

British War and Victory Medals (780043 A. W.O. Cl. 1 J. A. Hanson. R.A.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (780043 W.O. Cl. II. J. A. Hanson. R.A.) light contact marks, generally very fine (3) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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John Albert Hanson first enlisted into the 2/6th Battery, West Riding Brigade, Royal Field Artillery on 23 March 1911 at Halifax, Yorkshire. He landed in France on 17 January 1917 and was confirmed in the rank of Battery Sergeant Major on the same day. He was appointed Regimental Sergeant Major (Warrant Officer Class I) with 311th Brigade H.Q., on 6 January 1918 and served in France until after the armistice. For his services during the Great War he was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 11 December 1917) and was demobilised on 17 February 1919.