WW1 Silver War Badge Hampshire Regiment

WW1 Silver War Badge. No 488286. 306981. Pte. A.H.Scoble. 1/7 Hampshire Regiment.

Badge is in good condition with working pin assembly and catch to rear.
Paperwork confirms entitlement. With a picture of Alfred, MIC , Silver War Badge sheet, and Census. A well researched Badge.

Albert Herman Scoble was born 1st March 1892 at 17 Herne Road, Springbourne, Bournemouth. By 1901 the family were living at 18 Stewart Road, Bournemouth. In 1911 Albert was 17 years old and working as a postman still living with his parents at 296 Holdenhurst Road, Bournemouth.

Albert enlisted on the 25th November 1915 in the 1//7th HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT and went to India on the 26th November 1915. The unit replaced Regulars who would fight in France or Mesopotamia. The 1/7th stayed in India until the beginning of 1918 when they were posted to serve in ADEN.

Albert was discharged from the Army on 11th April 1919. Receiving a British War Medal and a Victory Medal for overseas service in Aden, and a Silver War Badge due to sickness in ADEN.

On returning home to Bournemouth Albert went back to his old job as a Postman, a job he did all his life.
He married Adeline Keynes in 1923. The 1939 Register shows them living at 55 Nursery Road, Bournemouth where he was a postman- Driver. On the 25th June 1985 Albert died, aged 93 years old, still living at the same address, one of the last surviving Soldiers of the 1/7th HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT.

1/7th HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT was a Territorial Force Unit. Stationed In Bournemouth as part of the Hampshire Brigade in the WESSEX DIVISION, in August 1914, sailed for INDIA in October 1914.

In January 1918 the Battalion moved to ADEN, a BRITISH PROTECTORATE defending water supplies at SHEIKH OTHAMAN to deter TURKISH Military threats, and later faced the 1918 INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.

The Battalions time in ADEN was particularly difficult due to the harsh hot climate, alongside a few minor encounters with the Turkish Forces. They also had deaths due to the Influenza virus before those well enough eventually returned home.