Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private J. Roper, Lincolnshire Regiment

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3693 Pte., 1/Lin. R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (3693 Pte., 1st Linc. R.) light contact marks, otherwise better than very fine (2) £180-220

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection formed by Peter Wardrop.

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Born at Hathern, Loughborough, Leicestershire, Roper was an Engine Driver before enlisting in October 1893. He took part in the Nile expedition of 1898 and was discharged medically unfit in November 1903. On the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted into the 1st Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment, and in November 1914 joined the battalion in France. He served for the duration of the war and was discharged in February 1919. He died on 8 May 1954, at the age of 84 years, a retired Quarryman, then living in Haslingden, Lancashire.