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Sudan (2764 Srgt. C. Medway 1/N. Staff; R.);
QSA (3) Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (2764 Sgt:-Mr: Cook. C. Medway. Nth: Staff; Regt.);
KSA (2) (2764 Cr:-Serjt: C. Medway. N. Staff: Regt.);
Khedive’s Sudan (1) Hafir (No. 2764 Sergt. J. Medway. 1. N. Staff. R.) Regimentally engraved naming.
Charles Medway was born in Lynton, Devon, in 1866 and attested for the North Staffordshire Regiment at Devonport on 12 April 1889, having previously served in the Yeomanry. He was promoted Corporal on 10 March 1892, and Sergeant on 9 November 1894, and served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 5 October 1895 to 27 November 1897, taking part in the Dongola Expedition in 1896.
Appointed Sergeant Cook on 17 April 1897, he saw further service in South Africa during the Boer War from 14 January 1900 to 8 October 1902, and was Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902).
Subsequently serving in India from 3 October 1903 to 1 April 1910, he was appointed Sergeant Major Cook on 23 March 1904, and was discharged on 19 April 1910, after 21 years and 8 days’ service.
He died in Hampstead, London, on 20 December 1938.