Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. Gray, Seaforth Highlanders, who was wounded at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (5138. Pte. A. Gray. 1/Sea Hrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (5138 Pte. A. Gray 1st. Sea. Highrs.) minor edge bruising and light contact marks, good very fine (2) £400-£500

Alexander Gray was born in Elgin and attested there for the Seaforth Highlanders on 2 January 1895, aged 18, serving with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 5 January 1898 to 26 October 1902. He took part in the Nile Expedition of 1898, and was wounded at the Battle of the Atbara on 8 April 1898. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 30 October 1902, and was discharged on 1 January 1907, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service.