Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private E. Baxter, Royal Sussex Regiment

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3942 Pte. E. Baxter 2d. Bn. Ryl. Suss. Regt.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1902 (3942 Pte. E. Baxter. Rl: Sussex Regt.) left hand retaining rod rivet ‘popped’ on QSA, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine (2) £240-£280

Edward Baxter was born in London in 1873 and attested for the Royal Sussex Regiment at Chichester on 11 February 1892, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India from 27 November 1893 to 13 February 1902, taking part in the Tirah Expedition 1897-98; and saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 February to 15 September 1902. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 29 April 1903, and was discharged on 10 February 1904, after 12 years’ service.

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