Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sub-Lieutenant R. H. Pawson, Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

British War and Victory Medals (S. Lt. R. H. Pawson. R.N.V.R.) in named card box of issue, with named Admiralty enclosure, extremely fine (2) £80-£100

Robert Henry Pawson was born on 11 November 1886, the son of the Rev. Lewis Pawson, Rector of Kildale, Grosmont, Yorkshire, and was commissioned temporary Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve on 22 November 1916. He joined the Nelson Battalion on 23 February 1917, and transferred to the Drake Battalion on 7 February 1918. He was killed in action on 25 March 1918; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.

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