Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant J. J. Paine, East Kent Regiment, who was killed in action during the Battle of the Somme on 18 August 1916

1914-15 Star (G-1785 Sjt. H. J. Paine. E. Kent R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (G-1785 Sjt. H. J. Paine. E. Kent R.); Memorial Plaque (Herbert John Paine) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, nearly extremely fine (3) £80-£100

Herbert John Paine attested for the East Kent Regiment and served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1915. He was killed in action on 18 August 1916, on which date his Company, ‘A’ Company, was involved in the attack near Waterlot Farm and took Machine Gun House with heavy casualties, the Battalion as a whole suffering over 350 casualties. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, France.