Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Umbeyla (560 Driver James Robins. D/19th. R.A.) edge bruising, some scratches to obverse field polished, very fine £200-£240

James Robins was born in Deddington, Oxfordshire, and attested for the Royal Artillery on 12 December 1861. He served for just over 6 years in India, and qualified for the Umbeyla clasp in late 1863 whilst serving with ‘D’ Battery, 19th Brigade, Royal Artillery. He was discharged on 8 September 1968 as being no longer fit enough to serve and that on 17 March 1867 ‘his gun burst, a piece of barrel passed through his left hand between the thumb and index finger.’ He was given a deferred pension having reached the age of 50 on 2 December 1889.