Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4475 Pte. B. Carpenter 2d. Bn. Oxf: Lt. Infy.) number partially officially corrected, edge bruising, very fine, single clasp award scarce to unit £100-140

Benjamin Carpenter was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, in 1874 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Oxford on 3 July 1893, having previously served in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 26 January 1895 until 27 October 1905, and took part in the operations on the Punjab Frontier with the Mohmand Field Force under Major-General E. R. Elles, 10 June 1897 until 6 April 1898, but, unlike the majority of his battalion, he did not serve with the Tirah Field Force. On returning home he was discharged on 30 October 1905, after 12 years and 120 days’ with the Colours.