Campaign Groups and Pairs 275 Pair: Surgeon M. O’C. Drury, Army Medical Department
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Surgn. M. O’C. Drury. Med: Staff.); Khedive’s Star 1884, unnamed as issued, the first cleaned, light contact marks, very fine (2)
£280-£320
Maurice O’Connor Drury was commissioned Surgeon in the Army Medical Department on 31 July 1880 and served in the Sudan Campaign of 1885 (Medal with clasp, and Khedive’s Star), and then with the Burmese Expedition 1885-86 (Mentioned in Despatches, Medal with clasp).
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Pair: Canadian Boatman A. McCallum, Ottawa Contingent
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (257, Boatn. A.
Mc.Callum, Ottawa Contgt.) with minor official correction; Khedive’s Star 1884-6, the reverse contemporarily engraved ‘257, Boatn. A.
Mc.Callum, Ottawa Contgt.’, good very fine, scarce (2)
£1,200-£1,600 Approximately 392 Canadian boatmen received the medal for the Nile campaign.
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Four: Paymaster Commander F. J. K. Melsome, Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (F. J. K. Melsome, Clerk, H.M.S. Theseus.); 1914-15 Star (Ft. Payr. F. J. K. Melsome, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (Payr. Commr. F. J. K. Melsome. R.N.) good very fine (4)
£300-£400
Francis John Kingham Melsome entered the Royal Navy as an Assistant Clerk on 15 January 1896, and was promoted Clerk on 14 January 1897, and Assistant Paymaster on 23 March 1899. He served during the Great War initially in the Light Cruiser H.M.S. Doris, and was advanced Paymaster Commander on 25 October 1915.
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Three: Leading Boatman G. Vincent, H.M. Coast Guard, late Royal Navy
East and West Africa 1887-1900, 1 clasp, Benin 1897 (G. Vincent, Ord., H.M.S. St. George.); British War Medal 1914 -20 (169520 G. Vincent. Lg. Btn. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C.,
E.VII.R. (169520 George Vincent, Boatn., H.M. Coast Guard.) good very fine (3)
£300-£400
George Vincent was born in St. Helier’s, Jersey, on 14 April 1877, and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 23 September 1892. He served in H.M.S. St. George from 25 October 1894 to 18 February 1898, and was advanced Able Seaman on 3 May 1897. Transferring to the Coast Guard on 17 May 1905, he was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal on 22 February 1910, and was finally pensioned on 30 April 1919.
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Six: Private J. T. Monk, King’s Royal Rifle Corps
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, N.E. Frontier 1891 (5143 Pte. J. T. Monk. 4th. Bn. K.R. Rif. C.) surname officially corrected; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Relief of Chitral 1895 (5143 Pte. J. T. Monk. 1st. Bn. K.R. Rifle Corps); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 6 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, unofficial rivets between fourth and fifth clasps (5143 Pte. J. T. Monk, K.R.R.C.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (5143 Pte. J. Monk. K.R.R.C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-13988 Pte. J. T. Monck [sic]. K.R.R.C.) first four mounted as worn from a top silver riband bar, the last two loose; together with five London County Council School Attendance Medal, awarded to the recipient’s family, to ‘M. Monk’ for the years 1902, 1908, and 1910; to L. Monk for the year 1906; and to H. Monk for the year 1912, the first four in white metal, the last in bronze, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine (11)
£400-£500
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