An India and Boer War medal trio awarded to: 1180 Sergeant W...

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An India and Boer War medal trio awarded to: 1180 Sergeant W. R. Summerton, King's Royal Rifles Corps. Comprising an India Medal 1895, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (1180 Pte. W. R. Summerton, 1st Bn. K.R.Rifle Corps.); a Queen’s South Africa medal with 6 clasps Cape Colony, Talana, Defence of Ladysmith, Orange Free State, Laing's Nek, Belfast (1180 Serjt: W. R. Summerton, K.R.R.C.); and a King's South Africa medal with 2 clasps South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (1180 Serjt: W. R. Summerton, K.R.R.C).
Note: William Robert Summerton was born on 22 April 1868 at Fort William, Calcutta, India, the son of Lance-Corporal William James Summerton, 2nd Battalion, 60th Rifles.
Attesting for the 1st Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, at Winchester on 13 August 1883, Summerton saw extensive service in India and Mauritius before serving in South Africa from 22 March 1899-21 September 1902. Later posted to Malta and Egypt, he was discharged at Cairo on 4 April 1906, the 1911 census noting him as a worker for the Corps of Commissionaires and living at 72 The Grove, Wandsworth, London. Summerton died in Southwark on 7 April 1949 as a result of myocardial degeneration.