China 1900, no clasp (Captain: E. F. Harding. 23rd Madras Lt. Infy.) very fine £400-£500

Edward Francis Harding was born in 1881 and obtained his first commissioned in the 4th Battalion, Scottish Rifles (Militia) in 1888. Commissioned Second Lieutenant, North Staffordshire Regiment, the following year, he served with his Regiment in Mauritius 1890-93, including the disaster in that place. Promoted Lieutenant in October 1893, he transferred to the Indian Staff Corps in December of that year. Subsequently serving in Malta, South Africa, China, Burma and the Anderman Islands, he was invalided out of service in September 1903. Captain Harding saw active service during the China War of 1900-01, being attached to the 23rd Madras Infantry.