Auction Catalogue

21 September 2001

Starting at 12:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 847

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£260

Three: Private W. H. Wharton, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (3984 Lce. Corpl., 4th Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) official correction to surname; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (3984 Pte., K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (3984 Pte., King’s Rl. Rifs.) contact marks, otherwise very fine (3) £160-180

William Henry Wharton was born at Edmonton, London, and joined the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Winchester on 23 December 1886. Sold with copy discharge papers.