Orders, Decorations and Medals

Four: Private J. Burns, Seaforth Highlanders

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (3568 Pte., 2d Bn. Seaforth Highlrs.), claw slack; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3568 Pte., 1/Sea. Hrs.), claw slack; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Paadeberg (3568 Pte., 2 Sea. Highrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3568 Pte., 1st Sea. Highrs.), suspension slack, edge bruising, some contact marks, very fine and better (4) £680-720

3568 Private J. Burns, 2nd Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, was wounded at Paardeberg, 18 February 1900 and was taken prisoner by the Boers at Swalkrantz, 4 June 1900, and later released. Q.S.A. clasps confirmed on roll extract.