Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Three: Private C. Warner, Northamptonshire Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 (2993 Pte. C. Warner. 1-North’n R.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Belmont (2993 Pte. C. Warner. 2-North’n R.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (2993 Pte. C. Warner. 2-North’n. R.) all slightly later issues with Great War period impressed naming, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £240-280

Charles Warner was born in Northampton in 1870, and attested for the Northamptonshire Regiment on 21 January 1891, having previously served in the 4th Battalion, Northamptonshire Regiment (Militia). He served with the 1st Battalion in the Straits Settlements from 18 December 1891 to 13 November 1892, and then in India from 14 November 1892 until 15 January 1899. Transferring to the Army Reserve on 20 January 1899, he was recalled to the Colours on 9 October 1899 following the outbreak of the Boer War, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa from 21 October 1899 until 20 August 1902. He was discharged on 20 January 1903, after 12 years’ service.