India General Service medal clasps Punjab Frontier 1897-98 & Tirah 1897-98 script naming 3380 CORPL A CAPPERSON 2ND BN RYL SUSS REGT & Army Long Service & Good Conduct Medal named 3380 SJT A CAPPERSON R SUSS R. Suspension slack on first, contact marks, very fine.
Augustus Capperson, a Labourer from Eastbourne, Sussex, was born about 1871. He attested into the Royal Sussex Regiment on 8th Feb 1890 and served in India during the Punjab Frontier and Tirah campaigns of 1897. Advanced Sgt on 14th Nov 1903, he was discharged as medically unfit due to Cataracts on 21st Jul 1904. He re-attested into the Special Reserve on 15th Sep 1914 for service during the Great War. Advanced Company Quartermaster Sergeant, he served at Home with the 9th and 10th Training Battalions and was awarded his LS&GC medal in 1918. He was demobilised on 18th Feb 1919 (no WW1 medals) & died in Fulham, London, on 20th Oct 1924.
Comes with service papers & roll.
