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EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (5 Corpl. W. T. Marchant, A.P.O. Corps) some edge
bruising, contact and scratch marks, about very fine £600-800
On 8 August 1882 the newly created Army Post Office Corps (formed 17 days previously) under the command of Major Sturgeon
(Army Postmaster) embarked aboard the Black Prince for its first overseas expedition, and landed at Alexandria on 19 August. Stationary
Army Post Offices were established at Alexandria, Ramleh, Cairo, Port Said and Ismaila, while mobile Field Post Offices were attached
to the divisional headquarters.
On 9 September 1882, during the battle of Kassassin, the Army Post Office, under the command of Sergeant F. J. Inwood, attached to
H.Q. 2 Division, came under fire. In the action, Private H. F. Yardley and Corporal W. T. Marchant, both of the A.P.O. Corps, were
mentioned in despatches.
The A.P.O. Corps as a whole received high praise from the C-in-C, who wrote, ‘The formation of a purely military postal department
has been tried for the first time in this war. It has been very successful ... I have much pleasure in bringing to the notice of the Secretary
of State the admirable manner in which the Post Office Corps discharged its duties in Egypt. ... Their services have been so valuable
that I hope a similar corps may be employed on any future occasion ...’
188
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb (C. E. Shears, Pte., R.M.) virtually
extremely fine £250-300
Charles Edward Shears was born in Luton Road, Chatham, Kent. A Lime Burner by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Marines at
Chatham on 5 July 1870, aged 19 years. Serving in the Egypt 1882 Campaign, he saw action at Ramleh, Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir.
With copied service papers. Last two clasps not confirmed.
189
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Major G. S. Nash, R.M.L.I.) minor contact marks, good
very fine £300-350
George Stevens Nash was born in 1840, the son of a Clergyman from Chatham. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal
Marines in April 1859 and was promoted to Lieutenant in February 1861; Captain in September 1874, and Major in July 1881. Going
to Egypt in 1884, he was in command of Port Said, 22-30 May 1884. Then in command of Island Town of Suakin, 9 June-15 July 1884
and of Fort Euryalus and Carysfort, 15-25 July 1884 - the three posts being subject to frequent attacks from the enemy. Major Nash was
then placed in command of Suez, 12 August-8 November 1884; in command of the 2nd Battalion Royal Marines, 8-19 November and
in command of Suakin & Reserve Depot, 11-29 March 1885. He was then present at the taking and burning of Tamaai, 3 April 1885
and in the operations around Handoub in defence of the railway, 5-14 April 1885. Returning to the U.K. later in the year, he was
promoted to Lieutenant-Colonel in May 1886. Placed on the Retired List on 21 April 1890, he died on 5 April 1919. With copied
service papers.
190
GENERAL GORDON’S STAR FOR THE SIEGE OF KHARTOUM 1884, pewter, with a short
length of ribbon, good very fine £320-360
191
NORTH WEST CANADA 1885, no clasp (Geo. Lasanté, 9e. Bat. V.Q.) minor
edge nicks, otherwise toned, good very fine £250-300
George Lasanté served in the 9th Quebec Voltigeurs.
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