Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private G. Simonds, Coldstream Guards

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (4829 Pte. G. Simonds, 2/C... Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, reverse impressed, ‘4829 C.G.’, edge bruising, contact marks, good fine (2) £700-900

Provenance: Bill and Angela Strong Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, May 2011.

G. Simonds (also listed as Symons or Simmonds) served with the Coldstream Guards in Egypt and the Sudan, and was part of the force of 6 Officers and 79 other ranks from the Coldstream Guards that formed part of the Guards Camel Regiment at the Battle of Abu Klea, 17 January 1885. He was wounded in action two days later on 19 January 1885 during the subsequent advance on the Nile.