Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Private W. Sowter, King’s Royal Rifle Corps

India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Samana 1891, Hazara 1891 (5193 Pte., 1st Bn. K.R. Rif. C.); India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (5193 Pte., 1st Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Cape Colony, Tugela Heights, Orange Free State, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (5193 Pte., K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5192 Pte., K.R.R.C.), note slight difference in number on last, generally very fine or better (4) £500-600

Walter Sowter was born in the parish of St. Martin’s, Norwich and enlisted in the King’s Royal Rifle Corps in June 1889, aged 19 years. He subsequently served in the 1st Battalion out in India 1890-97, in which period he qualified for the above described India General Service Medals and clasps (his service record refers). Transferred to the Army Reserve on his return to the U.K., Sowter was recalled on the outbreak of hostilities in South Africa, where he served from December 1899 to June 1902, and qualified for the above described Medals and clasps (his service record also refers). He was discharged on his return home in 1902.