VERY RARE PRINCESS BEATRICE'S OWN ISLE OF WIGHT RIFLES BUSBY

VERY RARE PRINCESS BEATRICE'S OWN ISLE OF WIGHT RIFLES BUSBY named inside to NO1154 RFN P R Hobbs and dated 1912. Percy Reginald Hobbs was born at Ventnor on the Isle of Wight in 1892. At the time of the 1911 census, he was working as a house painter and residing at 24 Portland Street, Newport Isle of Wight. He enlisted on the 11th June 1912. On the outbreak of the Great War, the unit became the 1/8th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment. Hobbs served in the Gallipoli from 10th August 1915; information online shows he was transferred to the 4th battalion and was given special leave in late October 1917. He survived the war and was discharged on 16th April 1919 with a Silver War Badge for wounds. It's like he suffered the wounds in Persia. A very rare Busby in superb condition.