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Auction: 25112 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - e-Auction
Lot: 314

Pair: Gunner H. Sawkins, 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Samana 1891 (73613 Gunr. H. Sawkins. No. 3. Mn. By. R.A.); India General Service 1895-1908, 3 clasps, Relief of Chitral 1895, Punjab Frontier 1897-87, Tirah 1897-98 (73613 Gunr. H. Sawkins. No. 3. Mn. By. R.A.), very fine (2)

Henry Sawkins was born at Worrensworld, Canterbury, Kent in 1865 and attested at Hastings on 15 May 1889 with the 1st Brigade, Cinque Ports Depot, Royal Artillery. He served in India with the 3rd Mountain Battery, Royal Artillery from 18 February 1890, returning to Britain on 26 January 1899 he was transferred to the Royal Artillery Regiment Depot Staff on 14 June 1899. Transferring again to the Western Division on 24 November 1900 Sawkins was discharged on 1 April 1902.

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