Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing’s Nek (1263 Cpl. W. Butler, K.R.R.C.) good very fine £100-£140

William Butler was born in Bridgenorth, Shropshire. A weaver by occupation and a member of the 3rd East Lancashire Regiment (Militia), he attested for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps at Burnley, Lancashire on 1 November 1898, aged 18 years, 11 months. With the 4th Battalion he served in South Africa, January-July 1900; Ceylon, July 1900-January 1901, and India, January 1901-November 1906. He was discharged on 31 October 1910 on the termination of his first period of engagement. Sold with copied research including discharge papers.