Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (4426. Pte A. Anderson. 1/Northd: Fus:) contemporarily engraved naming, good very fine £120-£160

Andrew Anderson attested for the Northumberland Fusiliers at Newcastle upon Tyne on 18 January 1895. He served with the 1st Battalion in Gibraltar from 3 October 1896 until 16 January 1898 and then in Egypt and the Sudan from 17 January 1896 to 2 October 1898 during which time he qualified for the Khedive’s Sudan medal with Khartoum clasp. He is also entitled to the Queen’s Sudan Medal. He subsequently served with the regiment in Crete from 3 October 1898 until 18 April 1899. Private Anderson was discharged from the army on 26 June 1899 on payment of £18.