Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 50

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£920

Pair: Surgeon-Major D. C. G. Bournes Army Medical Department

South Africa 1877-79, 1 clasp, 1879 (Surgn. Maj. D. C. G. Bourns, A.M. Dept.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Surgn. Maj. D. C. G. Bourns, A.M. Dept.) very fine (2) £500-600

Daniel Charles Grose Bourns was born on 25 April 1843. He was appointed Assistant Surgeon on 30 September 1864, Surgeon on 1 March 1873, and Surgeon-Major on 30 September 1876. He went on half-pay in September 1890 and died at Oxted, Surrey, on 9 July 1892.