King George V Coronation Medal 1911.

From medal group awarded to Lt (later Lt-Col) Henry Denne Hirst, Commanding Officer 3rd Bn, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 1912-1918.

From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.

Henry Denne Hirst was born about 1865 and enlisted with the Buffs in 1899.  He served in South Africa achieving the rank of Captain by 1903.  He subsequently served in France during the First World War as. battalion commander.  He died at Western Heights Military  Dover in 1918 following an operation and short illness.