Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

India General Service 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (3900 Pte. W. Cox 1st. Bn. Dorset Regt.) very fine £140-£180

William Albert Cox was born in Melcombe Regis, Dorset, in 1874 and attested for the Dorsetshire Regiment at Dorchester on 4 July 1893, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He served with the 1st Battalion in India from 7 February 1895 to 17 March 1902, and saw active service with the Tirah Expeditionary Force. He subsequently served in South Africa during the latter stages of the Boer War from 18 March to 12 September 1902 (entitled to the Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Transvaal and South Africa 1902), before transferring to the Reserve on 30 December 1902. He was finally discharged on 3 July 1909, after 16 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.