Campaign Groups and Pairs 132 Four: Private David Foster, 12th Battalion, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, late Yorkshire Regiment


Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (1033 Pte. D. Forster. 1/Yorks: R.) note spelling of surname; 1914 -15 Star (12-1288 Pte. D. Foster. Yorks: L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (12.1288 Pte. D. Foster. Yorks. L.I.) the first good fine, otherwise very fine (4)


£80-£100 Sold with copied Medal Index Card which shows service in Egypt from 22 December 1915. Possibly two different recipients. 133 Pair: Private W. Robinson, Cameron Highlanders


Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (1010. Pte. W. Robinson. 1/Cam’n. Highrs); Khedive’s Star, 1884, unnamed as issued, generally good very fine (2)


£160-£200 134 Pair: Sergeant C. Cook, Rifle Brigade


India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, clasp carriage altered to accommodate second clasp (7384 Pte. C. Cook 1st. Bn. Rif. Brig.) ; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, South Africa 1901, date clasp loose on riband, as issued (7384 Cpl. C. Cook, Rifle Brigade.) mounted court-style for display, polished, very fine (2)


£300-£400


Charles Cook was born in Marshfield, Chippenham, Gloucestershire, in 1866, and attested for the Rifle Brigade at Bristol on 20 November 1884. He served with the 1st Battalion in India and Upper Burma from 5 October 1886 to 13 November 1892, and was promoted Corporal on 9 September 1890. Transferring to the Reserve on 20 November 1892, he was recalled to the Colours on 10 March 1900, and served with the 2nd Battalion in South Africa during the Boer War from 24 March 1900 to 21 November 1901, being promoted Sergeant on 9 August 1901. He was discharged on 25 November 1901, after 17 years and 6 days’ service.


Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extracts. 135


Three: Naick Massa Singh, 14th Sikhs


India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Hazara 1888, Waziristan 1894-5 (1134 Sepoy Massa Singh 14th Bl. Infy.) contemporary unofficial rivets between clasps; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (1134 Naick Massa Singh 14th Sikhs.); China 1900, no clasp (1134 Naick Massa Singh 14th Sikhs) light contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (3)


£360-£400 136


Pair: Constable R. McEwen, Hong Kong Police Force


Hong Kong Plague 1894, silver issue (Police Constable R. McEwen.) fitted with replacement silver scroll suspension and ornately engraved clasp; Hong Kong Police Force Merit Medal, G.V.R., silver, the reverse engraved ‘2nd Class’, otherwise unnamed, together with an unidentified Chinese War Lord medal, the first very fine, the second extremely fine and rare (3)


£3,000-£3,600


Approximately 35 Hong Kong Plague medals are thought to have been awarded to the Inspectors, Sergeants and Constables of the Hong Kong Police, for their assistance during the outbreak of bubonic plague which broke out in the colony on 5 May 1894.


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