Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Parsons, Somerset Light Infantry

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (8688 L. Corpl. A. Parsons. 2/Som. Lt. Infy.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (5663847 Pte. A. Parsons. Som. L.I.) light contact marks, good very fine (2) £60-£80

Austin Parsons was born in Bridgwater, Somerset, in 1890. He attested into the Somerset Light Infantry and is noted on the 1911 census as serving in Malta. Appointed Lance Corporal whilst serving in North China, he then served in India with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War. Additionally entitled to a British War Medal, he died in Portsmouth in 1959.

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