Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. Gilbert, Royal Highlanders

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (793. Pte. J. Gilbert. 1/Rl. Highrs.) suspension claw re-affixed, edge plugged at six o’clock; Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, light pitting, otherwise very fine (2) £180-£220

John Gilbert was born in Leamington, Warwickshire, in 1862 and attested for the Leicestershire Regimen on 5 October 1881, having previously served in the Regiment’s 3rd (Militia) Battalion. He transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Highlanders on 1 November 1881, and served with them in Egypt and the Sudan from 27 August 1884 to 30 April 1886. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 13 October 1889, and was discharged on 4 October 1893, after 12 years’ service.