An Attractive & Important Six clasp QSA & KSA Pair
To: 3943. Pte C. BABER. 2nd Bn EAST SURREY Regt.
From Notting Hill, London. Present at a VICTORIA CROSS ACTION.
An Attractive & Important Six clasp QSA & KSA Pair
To:
3943. Pte C. BABER. 2nd EAST SURREY Regt.
An 18 year old labourer from Notting Hill, London.
Present at a VICTORIA CROSS ACTION. LAING'S NEK
TRANSVAAL
RELIEF of LADYSMITH
ORANGE FREE STATE
TUGELA HEIGHTS
CAPE COLONY
"Charles Baber enlisted into 3rd East Surrey on 17th December 1892 at Kington on Thames before transferring into the 2nd Bn on 20th February 1893. He served in Malta & India. He fought alongside Cpl-Sgt Albert Edward Curtis V.C. at Onderbank Spruit when Curtis rescued the badly wounded Colonel Harris the unit's commanding officer from no man's land under withering Boer rifle fire" Uncleaned & in Nice Toned EF with original ribbons. Includes colour copy service papers & medal rolls.
£745