A Queen's South Africa Medal to Major Charles Archibald Townshend Boultbee, King's Royal Rifle

A Queen's South Africa Medal to Major Charles Archibald Townshend Boultbee, King's Royal Rifle Corps, first type (b), clasp: Talana (Major. C. A. T. BOULTBEE. .K.R.R.C.), engraved, good very fine or better, toned and with ghost dates.

This officer entered the King's Royal Rifle Corps as 2nd Lieutenant on the 21st July 1877. He was commissioned Major on the 16th April 1894. He served with the 1st Battalion at the Battle of Talana Hill on the 20th October 1899, in which action he was dangerously wounded. The 1st K.R.R.C. played a prominent part in the desperate fighting for control of the hilltop, suffering heavy casualties.