Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Capt. C. C. Craig, 2/2/Rajputs.) good very fine £100-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Charles Crawford Craig was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 1/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and served in France from 29 March 1915, being promoted to Lieutenant on 1 June 1916. He transferred as Lieutenant to the Indian Army on 5 December 1916, and was posted to 2/2nd Queen Victoria’s Own Rajput Light Infantry, being promoted to Captain on 5 December 1919. He served in the Afghanistan operations on the North West Frontier in 1919 and retired on 2 February 1923. During the Second World War he held a temporary commission as Major in the Royal Army Pay Corps and later the Pioneer Corps. Sold with copied Medal Index Card showing entitlement to 1914-15 Star trio.