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An extremely rare gold D.S.O. group for the Battle of Ginniss to Colonel G. L. C. Money, Cameron Highlanders

THE MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH, C. B. (Military), breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamel, with swivel suspension and riband buckle; DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER, V. R., in gold and enamel; EGYPT 1882-89, undated, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (Major, 1/Cam'n. Highrs.); QUEEN'S SUDAN 1896 (Lt. Col., D.S.O., A. D. C., 1/ Cam. Highrs.), renamed; JUBILEE 1897; CORONATION 1902; KHEDIVE'S STAR 1884; KHEDIVE'S SUDAN 1896-1908, 2 clasps, Khartoum, The Atbara (Col., 1st Cameron Highrs.); Turkey, ORDER OF OSMANIEH, 4th class breast badge, in silver, gilt and enamel, mounted court style, enamel chipped in places, generally good very fine (9)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The AA Upfill-Brown Collection.

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D.S.O., London Gazette 26 November, 1886 'For the action at Ginniss.’

Colonel Gordon Lorn Campbell Money entered the 79th Cameron Highlanders in 1868 and had received promotion to Major by 1884, the year in which he joined the Regiment for service in the Gordon Relief Expedition. Already noted for being 'one the smartest officers in the Battalion, ' Money soon found additional employment as Assistant Military Secretary to General Sir Frederick Stephenson, K. C. B., commanding in lower Egypt. In this capacity he subsequently served with distinction in the Soudan Frontier Field Force and won the D.S.O. for his actions during the engagement at Ginniss, in addition to receiving a 4th class Osmania from the Khedive. In 1895 Money became the first member of the Camerons to be appointed an A. D. C. to Queen Victoria and in 1897 he sailed, as Commanding Officer, with the 1st Battalion to Egypt. His subsequent leadership at the battles of the Atbara and Khartoum, where his horse was shot from under him, received wide approbation. At the close of the former action, Kitchener rode up to the Camerons to address them: 'Colonel Money, what your Battalion has done is one of the finest feats performed for many years. You ought to be proud of such a regiment. ' At the re-occupation of Khartoum, Money was sent home with Kitchener's despatches, his services being recognized by the award of a Companionship of the Bath. For the Regiment, who had been deployed in front of the British Brigade at the Arbara, yet another battle honour was added to their colours, and Queen Victoria noted in her reply to Kitchener's despatches: 'So glad my Cameron Highlanders should have been amongst them. ' Money left the Camerons as a full Colonel in 1899, became an A. D. C. to King Edward VII in 1901, and received promotion to temporary Brigadier-General while acting as CO. of the troops in Ceylon over the next five years. He died in November 1929, being remembered as a 'useful cricketer and piper' who was 'a good soldier, a cheery friend, and a keen Cameron, who ever had the best interests of the Regiment at heart. '