Three: Private W. A. Orton, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

1914-15 Star (R-8607 Pte., K. R. Rif. C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-8607 Pte., K.R. Rif. C.), with card boxes of issue, extremely fine (3) £40-60

William Alfred Orton was born in 1892 and enlisted into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 2 January 1915. He was transferred to the Army Reserve on 14 February 1919. Sold with original Certificate of Transfer to Reserve which lists his specialist military qualifications as ‘Officer’s Batman’. Also with forwarding slip for the British War and Victory Medals.