Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private R. Stagpole, Cameron Highlanders

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3428 Pte. R. Stagpole, 1/Cam. Hdrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara (3428 Pte. Stagpoole, 1 Cam. Highrs.) engraved in the usual Regimental style, good very fine (2) £500-£700

Kuriheka Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006.

R. ‘George’ Stagpole, the son of Dudley Stagpole V.C., D.C.M., (who won both the Victoria Cross and Distinguished Conduct Medal whilst serving with the 57th Foot during the Maori Wars in 1863), attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served with G Company, 1st Battalion, during the Nile Expedition of 1898. He died, most probably from enteric fever, at Darmali. The medal rolls give his initial as “G” and note that his awards were sent to his father.

Sold with copy medal roll extracts and copy regimental gazette entry of 1 September 1898 which states ‘G Company Notes. It was with the deepest regret that the old “Redan Troop”, fell in on Sunday morning, the 1st May 1898, to convey the remains of another brave Atbara hero to his last resting place. Private George Stagpole, was a son of Mr. D. Stagpole, V.C., Woolwich, Kent, and was very popular and esteemed by all.’