Description
India General Service Medal 1895, 2 bars, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98, 3951 Private S. Foster, 2nd Battalion Derbyshire Regiment.
Officially engraved in running script: “3951 Pte S. Foster. 2nd Bn Derby: Regt”
Confirmed on the medal roll for both clasps.
After serving in India, he joined the 1st Battalion of his regiment in South Africa to fight in the Boer War. For his services he earned an additional QSA Medal with bars for Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal and the KSA Medal.
