Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (4978 Pte. R. Mills. 2d. Bn. Oxf: Lt Infy) pawn-broker’s mark to edge, minor edge bruise, good very fine £120-£160

Richard Mills was born in Headington, Oxford, in 1873 and attested for the Oxfordshire Light Infantry Militia on 13 December 1894. He served with the 2nd Battalion during the Tirah Campaign on the North West Frontier of India, and died of disease in 1898. He is commemorated on the Tirah Campaign Memorial in Oxford.

Sold with copied attestation papers, medal roll extracts, and other research.