Cox then briefly served as adjutant of the South India Railway Volunteer Corps before being appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant-General for Musketry in Burma . Soon afterwards he was appointed DAAG of Imperial Service Troops . He was promoted captain in 1891 . In 1894 he became an inspector of the contingents supplied by the Indian Princely States . He served on the Mohmand and Tirah Expeditions , being promoted major on 14 January 1900 . Later that year he served in China during the Boxer Rebellion , for which he received the China War Medal ( 1900 ) . The medal was presented to him in person by the Prince of Wales on 2 July 1902 , following a parade in London of Indian troops visiting the United Kingdom for the Coronation of King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
China War Medal ( 1900 )
China War Medal (1900)
Vaughan Cox