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№ 149

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£980

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1228 Bugr. J. Millbanks, 2/D of C.L.I.) minor pitting, otherwise good very fine £600-700

1 officer and 28 other ranks of the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry served in the Mounted Infantry Camel Regiment on the Nile, of whom all but one private fought at Abu Klea.

Shown on the rolls as a Bugler at Tel-El-Kebir and also at Abu Klea.