Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private H. A. Paskins, Royal Sussex Regiment, who died at sea on 19 August 1915 from wounds received at Gallipoli

1914-15 Star (4-2082 Pte. H. A. Paskins. R. Suss: R.); British War and Victory Medals (2082 Pte. H. A. Paskins. R. Suss. R.); together with a football prize medal, silver and enamel, the reverse engraved ‘W.S.F.A. 08-09 H. Paskins.’ minor chip to enamel on last, nearly extremely fine (4) £70-£90

Henry Arthur Paskins was born in 1896 at Hove, Sussex and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment shortly after the outbreak of the Great War. He served with the 1/4th Battalion (Territorial Force) in the Gallipoli theatre of war from 8 August 1915 and died of wounds at sea on 19 August 1915. Buried at sea, he is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.