A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments

King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (1829 Corpl: F. Walton. N. Stafford: Regt.) very fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the Staffordshire Regiments.

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Frank Walton was born in Hulme in 1866 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Lichfield on 16 October 1885. A labourer by trade, he was posted to the 1st Battalion as Corporal on 30 December 1886, but was tried and reduced to Private the following year. Posted to South Africa, he served on operations in Zululand in 1888 and was present on the Cape from 14 January 1900 to 24 August 1902.