Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private J. H. Parker, Essex Regiment, killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli landings, 25 April 1915

1914-15 Star (10408 Pte. J. H. Parker. Essex. R.); British War and Victory Medals (10408 Pte. J. H. Parker. Essex R.); Memorial Plaque (James Henry Parker) nearly extremely fine (4) £400-500

James Henry Parker was born in Camberwell, Surrey, and attested for the Essex Regiment at Warley, Essex. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War at Gallipoli, and was one of 35 men in his Battalion killed in action on the first day of the Gallipoli landings, 25 April 1915. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Turkey.