SINGLE CAMPAIGN MEDALS 89
AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, no clasp (Surg. J. Crofts, M.D. 29th Ben. N.I.) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, nearly extremely fine
£220-260
James Crofts was born on 13 May 1852, and studied at Queen’s College, Cork, and Trinity College, Dublin, qualifying as M.B.
M.Ch. T. C.D. in 1874. He was appointed Surgeon on the Bengal Medical Establishment on 31 March 1877, becoming Surgeon Major in March 1889, and Surgeon Lieutenant-Colonel in March 1897. He served in Afghanistan with the forces in the Kuram Valley during both campaigns, being present, with the 11th N.I., at the repulse of the enemy’s attack on Ali Khel (Medal). He died at Cork on 7 May 1913. He was the author, with P. A. Weir, of A Medico topographical account of Kota and Jhalawar. With copied research.
90
AFGHANISTAN 1878-80, 3 clasps, Ali Musjid, Kabul, Kandahar (2168 Pte. H. Keith, 92nd Highrs.) edge additionally stamped with French import mark, good very fine
£400-450 91 92 93 94 KABUL TO KANDAHAR STAR 1880 (2274 Private Albt. Keating, 2/60 Foot) good very fine £180-220 CAPE OF GOOD HOPE GENERAL SERVICE 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (Pte. G. H. Hills, D.E.O.V.R.) good very fine £120-160
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (4174 Pte. Z. Pickles, 2/Cdm. Gds.) edge bruising, pitting, good fine £60-80
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (C. W. Piper, Ord., H.M.S. Inflexible), contact marks and edge bruising, good fine
£80-100 95
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Alexandria 11th July (T. Crockford, Ord. H.M.S. “Sultan”) edge bruising, pitting, nearly very fine
£100-140 96
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (E. Blackman, Gunr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Agincourt), contact marks and bruising, fine
£100-120 97
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Tamaai (G. R. Nix, Gunr., R.M.A., H.M.S. Euryalus), contact marks and bruising, fine
£180-220 47 ‘Tamaai’ clasps to H.M.S. Euryalus and rarer still as a single clasp.
George Robert Nix, who was born in Woolwich in March 1863 and joined the Royal Marine Artillery in April 1881, was landed from H.M.S. Euryalus for service with the Naval Brigade in 1884, when he was present at the battle of Tamaai. Afterwards removing to the Agamemnon, he was still serving in that capacity at the time of his death in Malta from enteric fever in May 1888; sold with copied service record and roll verification.
98
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, El-Teb-Tamaai (J. L. Stanning, Plumber, H.M.S. Tyne), nearly extremely fine
£140-160
John Lamacraft Stanning was born in Plymouth, Devon in September 1836 and entered the Royal Navy as a Plumber’s Mate in March 1869. He was not, however, present in the engagements at El-Teb and Tamaai, but rather entitled to the clasp ‘Suakin 1884’ for his services as a crew member of H.M.S. Tyne in the period September 1884 to September 1887. He was pensioned ashore in the following year; sold with copied service record and roll details.
99 100 101
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (2873 Pte. S. Davidson, 1/Rl. Ir. Regt.) good very fine
£180-220
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (5680 Pte. H. Mason, M.S. Corps.) edge bruising, pitting, nearly very fine
£100-140
EGYPT AND SUDAN 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (J. Wheelerbreads, Cook 2nd Cl., H.M.S. Seagull), initial and surname officially corrected and pawn broker’s mark and edge bruise at 1 o’clock, otherwise very fine £140-160
John Wheelerbread (alias Wheelbread), who was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire in September 1842, originally entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker in August 1869, but was re-rated as a Cook in April 1878, and remained actively employed in the latter rate until being pensioned ashore from the Royal Adelaide in August 1889. In the interim, he witnessed active service off Egypt in the Seagull in 1882 (108 no clasp Medals to ship) and as a member of crew of the Condor in the Suakin operations of 1885 (122 clasps to the ship); sold with copied service record and roll verification.
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