Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Volunteer Force Long Service Medal (India & the Colonies), G.V.R. (Serjt. R. Paxton. 1st Bn. C. V. Rifls.) engraved naming, very fine £60-£80

Provenance: J. Tamplin Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2009.

R. Paxton lived in India for many years. He served in the Auxiliary Force (India), and in 1916, in the rank of Sergeant in the 1st Battalion, Calcutta Volunteer Rifles (awarded VFLSM in 1916).

There is likelihood he was Ralph Paxton, who was the proprietor of Ralph Paxton of Calcutta. This firm were Manufacturers Agents, and are mentioned in Thacker’s Directory of 1921 when they were based at 2 Bow Bazar Street.