Pair: Private C. Buxton, Manchester Regiment

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (3830 Pte. C. Buxton. Manchester Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3830 Pte. C. Buxton. Manch: Regt.) mounted court-style for display, polished, contact marks, very fine (2) £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Robert Barltrop Collection of Medals to the Manchester Regiment.

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Charles Buxton was born in Dukinfield, Cheshire, on 12 November 1875 and attested for service in the Manchester Regiment at Ashton Under Lyne on 10 March 1893. He joined the 1st Battalion in Limerick four days later, and on 15 July 1896 he was awarded his ‘Mounted Infantry Certificate’. His battalion landed in Cape Town on 16 September 1899, and he was among those of his regiment who took part in the Defence of Ladysmith at Caesar’s Camp, before he returned to the U.K. and was demobilised on 11 September 1902. He is additionally entitled to the Orange Free State clasp, from a supplementary medal roll, which was authorised after he had left the army. He died in 1948, at the age of 73.

Sold with copied service papers and other research.