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Pair: Warrant Officer Class II E. Borton, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War Medal 1914...
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Pair: Warrant Officer Class II E. Borton, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (200393 W.O. Cl. 2. E. Borton. R. Berks. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3705 Sjt: Cook E. Borton. R. Berks: Regt) edge bruises, some polishing to BWM, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £50-£70 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 25 May 1917 Henry Ernest Borton, a Baker from Pangbourne, Berkshire, was born on 6 September 1875. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 6 February 1893 and served during the Second Boer War in South Africa (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; and a King’s South Africa Medal with the two date). He attested for further service on 26 May 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 1/4th Battalion from 30 January 1915. Appointed Company Sergeant Major on 26 December 1915, he was Mentioned in Despatches in May 1917. Post war he re-engaged as a Territorial on 19 April 1920 and served until 10 August 1930. He died, aged 81, in Reading, Berkshire, on 15 February 1957.
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Pair: Warrant Officer Class II E. Borton, Royal Berkshire Regiment British War Medal 1914-20 (200393 W.O. Cl. 2. E. Borton. R. Berks. R.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (3705 Sjt: Cook E. Borton. R. Berks: Regt) edge bruises, some polishing to BWM, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £50-£70 --- M.I.D. London Gazette 25 May 1917 Henry Ernest Borton, a Baker from Pangbourne, Berkshire, was born on 6 September 1875. He attested for the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 6 February 1893 and served during the Second Boer War in South Africa (entitled to a Queen’s South Africa Medal with clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and Transvaal; and a King’s South Africa Medal with the two date). He attested for further service on 26 May 1914 and served on the Western Front with the 1/4th Battalion from 30 January 1915. Appointed Company Sergeant Major on 26 December 1915, he was Mentioned in Despatches in May 1917. Post war he re-engaged as a Territorial on 19 April 1920 and served until 10 August 1930. He died, aged 81, in Reading, Berkshire, on 15 February 1957.
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