Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1796: S.S. Maj: W. Butcher. 3/Dgn: Gds.) engraved naming, edge bruising, nearly very fine £80-£100

Walter Butcher was born in Pontefract, Yorkshire, on 7 February 1858 and attested for the 3rd Dragoon Guards at York on 5 August 1878. He was advanced Sergeant on 22 February 1884, before serving as a rough rider in both India and South Africa, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, his sole medallic entitlement, on 1 October 1896. He was discharged on 4 August 1899, after 21 years’ service, and died in Burnley, Lancashire, on 7 January 1951.

Sold with copied service papers and a file of research.