Old Contemptibles Great War 1914 Star Long Service Medal Group of Four to the Hampshire Regiment, 1914 Star medal with slip on August-November clasp, ‘5315 PTE. H. BOYES 1/HAMPS: R.’, British War and Victory medal, ‘5315 PTE. H. BOYS HAMPS. R.’, Army Long Service and Good Conduct medal, GV 1st type, group mounted for wearing on a pin back bar. Note different spellings of name. 18 year old Harry Boys, a labourer from Alverstoke in Hampshire attested for service in the 1st Battalion on 29th June 1898. He served in Ireland, India and Africa which resulted in the award of an Africa General Service medal with clasp Somaliland 1902-04. He landed in France on 22nd August 1914 returning to the U.K. on Christmas day 1916. He was awarded his Long Service medal on 1st October 1917. He served in both the Labour Corps and the Worcestershire Regimen t before being discharged on 27th July 1919 on termination of his second period of engagement having served for 21 years and 29 days. Late Rod Flood collection