Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Korea 1950-53, 1st issue (21029781 Pte. H. Askey. Glosters.) good very fine £700-£900

Horace Askey was born in Wednesbury on 5 July 1929, the son of a furnace hand. Aged 18, he commenced National Service, serving initially with the South Staffordshire Regiment. He saw overseas service in Greece before leaving the army in 1949. In August 1950 he volunteered for service in Korea and joined the Gloucestershire Regiment. At the battle of Imjin River he sustained injuries from mortar fragments to his head, chest, arms and legs (Wednesbury & Darlaston Times September 19 1953 refers). Taken prisoner of war, Askey spent six weeks in a communist village hospital before proceeding north to Camp 1. He was released from captivity on 17 August 1953, arriving home aboard the Asturias. At the time of his marriage in 1955, he worked at a washing machine factory and resided in Wednesbury. Living in Rhyl upon retirement, Horace Askey died on 10 October 1998.

Sold with copied research including correspondence regarding his release as POW, two photographs on his release in 1953, and copied birth, marriage and death certificate.