PRIVATE B. FAULKNER, 1ST BATTALION ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. India General Service Medal 1854

PRIVATE B. FAULKNER, 1ST BATTALION ROYAL WELSH FUSILIERS. India General Service Medal 1854-1895, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (officially engraved in running script: 376 Pte. B. Faulkner 1st. Bn. R. W. Fus.). Official correction to “W” in unit details, otherwise attractively toned and Almost Extremely Fine.

With photocopied medal roll extract, confirming medal and clasp, and 6 pages of service papers.

Benjamin Faulkner enlisted into the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Wrexham on 17/4/1883. At time of enlistment he stated that he had been born in Birmingham, was 20 years and 11 months old, a carpenter by trade and had previously served for 40 days in the Warwickshire Regiment, and that at the time of enlistment he was serving in the 4th Warwickshire Militia. Faulkner never rose above the rank of Private, transferred to the Army Reserve on 13/2/1891 and was discharged on 13/4/1895. Service papers confirm IGS with Burma clasp as Faulkner’s sole medal entitlement.