Watch List notes:

*India General Service, 1895-1902, 2 clasps, Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Tirah 1897-98 (4738 Pte W. Connor 2d Bn K. O. Sco. Bord:), suspension a touch loose, lightly toned, minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine. Private William Connor was born on 1 December 1876 at Fyzabad in Bengal, India, the son of John Connor, a Private in the 25th Foot (later King's Own Scottish Borderers) and Marion née Darrach of Islay, Scotland, whom he had met and married in Glasgow before travelling to India. Tragically, John Connor died in the cholera outbreak in Fyzabad in 1877, leaving Marion with four young children, one of whom was William Connor. She remarried within the year to another soldier, Thomas Septimus Woodman. In due course, they returned to Scotland and settled in Glasgow where William was recorded in the 1891 census as a Van Boy. Following in the footsteps of his brother Thomas, William Connor, who had served in the Militia with the Highland Light Infantry, enlisted in the King's Own Scottish Borderers in November 1893 and served with the Regiment in India from November 1895 to November 1903 and in Burma from November 1903 to November 1905. He was discharged in November 1905 after 12 years with the colours. The Medal is offered with a copy of Private Connor's service history from the National Archives and of the Roll showing entitlement to the Medal and the two clasps. (£180-220)