A rare Boer War mounted infantry operations D.C.M. group of four awarded to Colour Sergeant I. Barton, Manchester Regiment

Distinguished Conduct Medal, E.VII.R. (2908 Serjt. J. Barton, 2nd Manch. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (2908 Sejt. J. Barton, Manch. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2908 Serjt. I. Barton, Manch. Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (2908 C. Sjt. I. Barton, Manch. Regt.), note varying initials, contact marks and polished, thus generally good fine (4) £1600-2000

Of the 27 D.C.Ms won by members of the Manchester Regiment during the Boer War, just two were in respect of services in the Mounted Infantry.

D.C.M. London Gazette 27 September 1901.

Isaac Barton was born in Ely, Cambridgeshire, and enlisted in the Manchester Regiment in June 1890, aged 18 years, direct from the 4th (Militia) Battalion. Embarked for India in early 1892, he served there until returning home as a recently promoted Sergeant at the end of 1898, but saw no active service. In March 1900, however, he was embarked for South Africa in the 2nd Battalion, where he was actively employed in the Mounted Infantry and awarded the D.C.M., in addition to gaining entitlement to the clasps for Johannesburg and Diamond Hill - regimentally rare distinctions verified on his service record. Advanced to Colour-Sergeant in October 1905, Barton added the L.S. & G.C. Medal to his accolades in 1908 (AO 554 of 1908 refers), and was finally discharged at Grouville Arsenal, Jersey in June 1911; sold with copied attestation and discharge papers.