Lot 89
A Boer War, Great War 1914 Star, Battle of Arras Casualty Group
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
The Boer War, 1914 Trio, Memorial Plaque group awarded to Sapper Nicholas Hackett, 46th and 11th Field Companies Royal Engineers, who was Killed in Action on the 20th of May 1917 during the Battle of Arras comprising, Queen’s South Africa Medal, 3rd type, three clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1091, South Africa 1902, (5155 L. Cpl: N. Hackett. R.E.), impressed naming, 1914 Star, (5155 Sapr: N. Hackett. R.E.), 1914-1920 British War and Victory Medals, (5155 Spr. N. Hackett. R.E.), Memorial Plaque (Nicholas Hackett), very fine (5)
Nicholas Hacket was born in Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland. He enlisted into the Royal Engineers on the 17th of March 1900, serving in South Africa from the 5th of March 1901 to the 8th of February 1906. He landed in France on the 17th of August 1914 and served in France &Flanders until he was Killed in Action on the 20th of May 1917 during the Battle of Arras. His personal effects, a letter, civilian shirt, silk scarf, nail brush, 2 razors, stick of shaving soap and a hair brush were returned to his wife on the 5th of December 1917, however his body was not located after the war and he is commemorated in Bay 1 of the Arars Memorial.
Sold with two Pioneer Badges, many pages of burnt Service Papers, Commonwealth War Graves Commission information, copy QSA Medal Rolls
