A Collection of Medals to the 43rd/52nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Pair: Quartermaster Sergeant W. Walton, 43rd Regiment

Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Colr. Serjt., 43rd Light Infantry); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (969 Qr. Master-Sergt., 43rd Foot), both with silver brooch bars, first with slight scratch to ‘Queen’s’ cheek, very fine (3) £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 43rd/52nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry.

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William Walton was born in Cambridge. A Butcher by occupation, he attested into the 43rd Regiment at Cambridge on 27 August 1853, aged 18 years. With them he served in the East Indies for 12 years, 6 months, which included service in the suppression of the Indian Mutiny. Attaining the rank of Quartermaster Sergeant in September 1868, he was subsequently awarded the L.S. & G.C. Medal with a gratuity of £10. He was discharged in 1875 having completed his second period of limited engagement. Sold with Silver Cased Hunter Pocket Watch, by Charles Frodsham, London, inscribed, ‘Presented by the Sergts. 43rd Lt. Infty. to Qr. Mr. Sergt. W. Walton as a token of esteem after 21 years service’, hallmarks for London 1874, complete with key (condition of internal workings unknown), in case. Also with copied service papers.