Pair: Sergeant-Drummer J. Ross, King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2094. Sgt. Drumr. J. Ross. 2/K.O. Sco: Bord:); Khedive’s Star, undated, unnamed as issued, nearly very fine £140-180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Musicians formed by the Late Llewellyn Lord.

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J. Ross served as a Sergeant-Drummer with the 2nd Battalion King’s Own Scottish Borderers in the Sudan with the Suakim Field Force, and took part in the action against the Dervish Army at the southern Water Fort at Gemaizah on 20 December 1888. He subsequently transferred to the Regimental Depot at Berwick-on-Tweed.