A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment

The 1914-15 Star awarded to Private G. T. Pain, Middlesex Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 13 November 1916

1914-15 Star (F-659. Pte. G. T. Pain. Middx. R.); Memorial Plaque (George Thomas Pain) in card envelope with O.H.M.S. addressed envelope, the Star in flattened named card box of issue with O.H.M.S. envelope of transmittal, extremely fine (2) £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Middlesex Regiment.

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George Thomas Pain was born around 1878 and lived at 44 Haydock Road, Bermondsey, with his wife and seven children. He attested for the Middlesex Regiment at Deptford on 10 February 1915 and served with the 17th Battalion on the Western Front from 17 November 1915. Recorded as wounded 28 July 1916, his Army Service Record confirms admission to hospital at Rouen suffering from a gunshot wound to the head. He rejoined his battalion two weeks later, and was killed in action on 13 November 1916. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.