Orders, Decorations and Medals

Three: Private C. Robson, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded whilst serving with the Mounted Infantry in South Africa

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4914 Pte., 1/Sea. Hrs.) small scroll at one side of suspension claw broken off; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4914 Pte., Sea. Highrs. M.I.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (4914 Pte., 1st Sea. Highrs.) together with two parchment certificates of Discharge, and his Mounted Infantry Certificate, dated 30 June 1899, contact marks, therefore nearly very fine (3) £250-300

Charles Robson was born at Monkwearmouth, near Sunderland, Durham, was a miner by trade, and enlisted into the Seaforth Highlanders at Sunderland in March 1894. He was present with the regiment during the occupation of Crete in 1897, and served in the Nile Expedition of 1898, being present at the battles of the Atbara and Khartoum. He qualified for service with Mounted Infantry after a course at Abassia from January to June 1899, and proceeded to South Africa in January 1900. He was severely wounded by gunshot wounds to the left forearm and chest at Houtenbek on 9 May 1902, whilst serving with the 18th Mounted Infantry, and was discharged in consequence on 20 November 1902.