Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant-Major Charles Noon, Northamptonshire Regiment

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (29/626 Cpl. C. Noon. 58th Foot); India General Service 1895-1902, 3 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Samana 1897, Tirah 1897-98 ([2453] Sergt. Major C. Noon 1st Bn. North’n Regt.) regimental number partially illegible on the second, both with replaced suspension posts, edge bruising and contact marks, polished and worn overall (2) £500-£700

Charles Noon was born in the Parish of Stockton, Warwick, and enlisted into the 29th Brigade Depot at Rugby on 25 June 1877. He served in South Africa from February 1879 to September 1885, taking part in the Zulu War of 1879, and the Boer War of 1880-81. He next served in China until January 1888 and, after nearly four years at Home, went to India in October 1892, subsequently taking part in the Tirah 1897-98 Expedition of 1897-98. He returned Home in October 1898 and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant-Major on 30 November 1898, his papers confirming both medals and clasps. He re-enlisted into the Warwickshire Regiment on 3 October 1914, as Sergeant-Major and served in France from 21 October 1914, gaining entitlement to the 1914 Star with clasp and British War and Victory Medals. Sold with copied discharge papers.