Orders, Decorations and Medals

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1877-8-9 (692 Pte. W. Rice, 2/24th Foot) clasp and carriage buckled, small edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1800-2200

Walter Rice enlisted at Newport, Monmouthshire on 1 December 1875, at the age of eighteen. He served in ‘G’ Company and was killed in action at the Battle of Isandhlwana on 22 January 1879.