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Auction: 19001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 264

(x) 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. R. Fitton, K.R. Rif. C.), good very fine

Richard Fitton was born at Darlaston, Wednesbury, Staffordshire, on 6 August 1875. He attested for the King's Royal Rifle Corps on 6 May 1897 and served with the 1st Battalion during the Boer War, being severely wounded in the leg at Farquhar's Farm on 30 October 1899. Having then married Louise Edwards in Bermuda on 15 June 1905, he served with the 3rd Battalion, K.R.R.C. during the Great War; entitled to a Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, with 7 clasps, King's South Africa, with 2 clasps, and Delhi Durbar Medal, in addition to the British War and Victory Medals.

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