EAST AND WEST AFRICA MEDAL

EAST AND WEST AFRICA 1887-1900, CLASP, SIERRA LEONE 1898-99 ‘LT. C. E. BIRCH. R. BERKS. R.’

Claude Ernest Birch was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 23 August 1893, and was promoted Lieutenant on 25 March 1896. He was appointed a District Commissioner in Sierra Leone, and served during the operations in Sierra Leone 1898-99. He was promoted Captain on 14 March 1903.

Condition VF, minor edge bruise. A unique award to the Regiment.