Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. H. Cross, Oxfordshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner of War at Zoutpan on 12 August 1901

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4750 Pte. J. H. Cross 2nd Bn. Oxf: L. Infy.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg (4750 J. H. Cross. Oxfd. L.I.) engraved naming, contact marks and edge bruising, nearly very fine (2) £200-£240

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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J. H. Cross attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 2nd Battalion in India as part of the Mohmand Expedition; he subsequently served with the Mounted Infantry in South Africa during the Boer War, and was taken Prisoner of War at Zoutpan on 12 August 1901 (also entitled to the King’s South Africa Medal with two clasps).