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Three: Major H. S. Perrott, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt:...
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Three: Major H. S. Perrott, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt: H. S. Perrott. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. S. Perrott.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Hastings Samuel Perrott was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, on 9 August 1881, the son of Irish-born Major-General Sir Thomas Perrott, K.B.E., Officer Commanding the Straits Settlements. Graduating from the Royal Military Academy in 1900, Perrott served in France from 21 September 1914 with the Lahore Divisional Artillery Ammunition Column, Royal Garrison Artillery. He arrived just a couple of weeks after the loss of his younger brother, Lieutenant Arthur Hennis Perrott of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action in the final throes of the Battle of the Marne. Advanced Major, Perrott survived the War but soon faced the death of his father at Chichester on 3 November 1919. Emigrating to South Africa, he set up home with his wife Gertrude in Thabina, Pietersberg, Cape of Good Hope, but his new life was cut short on 7 July 1922, reason unknown. Probate records the sum of £84. 10s. left to his widow.
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Three: Major H. S. Perrott, Royal Garrison Artillery 1914 Star, with copy clasp (Capt: H. S. Perrott. R.G.A.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. H. S. Perrott.) very fine (3) £80-£100 --- Hastings Samuel Perrott was born in Alverstoke, Hampshire, on 9 August 1881, the son of Irish-born Major-General Sir Thomas Perrott, K.B.E., Officer Commanding the Straits Settlements. Graduating from the Royal Military Academy in 1900, Perrott served in France from 21 September 1914 with the Lahore Divisional Artillery Ammunition Column, Royal Garrison Artillery. He arrived just a couple of weeks after the loss of his younger brother, Lieutenant Arthur Hennis Perrott of the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, who was killed in action in the final throes of the Battle of the Marne. Advanced Major, Perrott survived the War but soon faced the death of his father at Chichester on 3 November 1919. Emigrating to South Africa, he set up home with his wife Gertrude in Thabina, Pietersberg, Cape of Good Hope, but his new life was cut short on 7 July 1922, reason unknown. Probate records the sum of £84. 10s. left to his widow.
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