Barton entered the Diplomatic Service in the Chinese Consular Service on 16 September 1895 and was posted to the legation in Peking as a student interpreter . From 1899 to 1901 he was posted on special service to the British territory of Weihaiwei . When the Boxer Rebellion erupted in 1900 culminating in the siege of the foreign legations , Barton took part in the Eight-Nation Alliance relief efforts as an interpreter and assistant political officer and was awarded the China War Medal for his actions . On 14 November 1901 he was appointed Vice-Consul to the Consul in Tienstin , Lionel Charles Hopkins
China War Medal
China War Medal (1900)
Sidney Barton