Military Long Service & Good Conduct Medal. GV with 'Regular Army' bar (1862367 Sjt. J. R. T. Hodges. R.E.) 

Sold together with:

- Photocopied card mounted group photograph including recipient ID'd ex RE regimental journal
- Laminated name plaque

Photographs & Family Tree: See the Ancestry Genealogical website for a very detailed family tree with biographical details and photographs of the recipient - in one he is seen wearing his 'regimental tie' of the Royal Engineers

Medals Verification: In addition to his LS&GC medal Company Quarter-Master Sergeant Hodges is confirmed as entitled to other war medals for his services in both world wars, per below following referenced sources:

- British War Medal: WO 329/1875 shows 554925 16th London Regiment later 662797 Labour Corps
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/1875 554925 16th London Regiment then 662797 Labour Corps
- Defence Medal: Qualified for 3 years 'Home Service' Second World War Medal Index Card refers
- War Medal 1939-45: Awarded for 28 days service in British Army. Extant service papers refer
- Military LS&GC. GVI issue with 'Regular Army' bar: Awarded for completing 18 years with 'The Colours' 

Jack Richard Tom Hodges was a native of Farnham, Surrey, England, where he was born on, 15 October 1898. He first joined the British Army, when he and originally enlisted in the 16th Battalion, London Regiment (Queen’s Westminster Rifles) in October 1916. Later still, he served in the Labour Corps and was demobilised in March 1919. Jack rejoined the Colours in April 1922, when he enlisted in the Royal Engineers, and served tours of duty in Sierra Leone and Hong Kong. His subsequent career during the Second World War was spent in the United Kingdom. He was discharged as a Company Quarter-Master Sergeant in June 1943. He died in Poole, Dorset in November 1982

Condition: About EF

Code: 26049