The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals Relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of the Sudan

Pair: Mr. Harry Symes-Prideaux, a Sudan Government dentist who accompanied the Nyima patrol as a member of the field hospital

Khedive’s Sudan 1910-22, 2nd issue, 1 clasp, Nyima 1917-18 (H. Symes-Prideaux) impressed naming; Egypt, Order of the Nile, 3rd Class neck badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamel, with neck cravat, slight enamel damage, very fine; medal extremely fine (2) £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Allan and Janet Woodliffe Collection of Medals relating to the Reconquest and Pacification of The Sudan 1896-1956.

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Harry Symes-Prideaux was born in Bridgewater, Somerset on 25 November 1868. He qualified as a Dentist in October 1895, becoming a L.D.S., R.D.S. Eng. After practising at various addresses in London, he took up an appointment with the Sudanese Government. In 1921 he was Dental Surgeon at Kharoum.

He took part in the Nyima Hills patrol in 1917-18, as one of three civilians in the field hospital. As a culmination of his work in Sudan, Symes-Prideaux was awarded the Order of the Nile 3rd Class in 1932. Harry Symes-Prideaux died at Gosport, Hampshire in 1938.

With bestowal documents for both awards and some copied research.