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Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3390 Pte. T. Walton, 1/N. Staff. R.) suspension slack, edge bruising, contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200

Thomas Walton was born in Golden Hill Staffordshire c.1873. Employed as a Collier and a member of the 4th Battalion North Staffordshire Regiment, he attested for regular service with the regiment at Lichfield on 11 June 1891, aged 18 years, 6 months. With the 1st Battalion he served in Malta, March-October 1895 and in Egypt and Sudan, October 1895-November 1897 and took part in the Dongola expedition of 1896. For his services he was awarded the Queen’s Sudan Medal and the Khedive’s Sudan Medal with clasp for ‘Hafir’. Returning home, he was transferred to the Army Reserve on 11 June 1898. Recalled to the Colours on 18 December 1899, he served in South Africa with the 2nd Battalion, January 1900-September 1902. When serving with the Mounted Infantry, Walton was severely wounded near Elandsberg, 7 September 1901 - suffering a gun shot wound to his left leg. For his services in the Boer War he was awarded the Queen’s Medal with clasps for ‘Cape Colony’, ‘Orange Free State’ and ‘Transvaal’ and the King’s Medal with two clasps. Walton was transferred to the Army Reserve in May 1903 and discharged, on the termination of his period of engagement on 11 June 1903. Resuming his employment as a Collier, he died on 24 June 1944. With copied research.