Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

China 1857-60, 2 clasps, Taku Forts 1860, Pekin 1860 (Drumr. Wm. Upton, 1st Bn. 2nd Regt.) officially impressed naming, contact marks, nearly very fine £160-200

William Upton was born in Lancaster. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 2nd Regiment at Dublin on 30 June 1849. Served overseas in the Cape Province and in China. With copied service notes and roll extracts.