Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 1 clasp, Cape Colony (3286 Sgt. G. Shapton, North’d: Fus:) nearly very fine £80-£100

George Shapton was born at Teignmouth, Devon, and attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 8 January 1892, aged 20, a cook by trade. He served in India from December 1893 to March 1895; at Singapore from March 1895 to January 1897; at Home from January 1897 to November 1899; in South Africa from 4 November 1899 to 7 March 1900, then at Home until 7 January 1904.