Pair: Major W. H. Hastings, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Volunteer...

Pair: Major W. H. Hastings, 3rd Volunteer Battalion, Devonshire Regiment Volunteer Officers Decoration, E.VII.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1905, the reverse engraved ‘Major W. H. Hastings, 3rd V.B. Devonshire Regiment, May 1906.’, with integral top riband bar; Volunteer Long Service Medal, E.VII.R. (Major W. H. Hastings, 3/V.B. Devon: R.) engraved naming, extremely fine (2) £140-£180 --- William Hardinge Hastings was born in Lockwood, Yorkshire in 1856. A Solicitor by profession he enlisted as a private in the London Rifle Brigade Volunteer Corps in 1881 and transferred to the 20th Middlesex (Artists) Rifle Volunteers in 1885. Moving to practice in Sidmouth, Devon he was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 3rd Volunteer Battalion Devonshire Regiment in October 1888. Promoted Lieutenant, Captain and Honorary Major in 1901, he was awarded his Volunteer Long Service Medal per Army Order 68 of April 1903 followed by the Volunteer Officer Decoration in 1906 (London Gazette 27 April 1906). He resigned his commission in June 1906 after a total volunteer service of 23 years and 228 days’ service. During the Great War he was chairman of the tribunal and military service for Sidmouth. He died at Sidmouth on 1 March 1932, aged 76. Sold with original documents detailing his service record and other research.