A Collection of Medals Relating to the Battle of Abu Klea

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1555 Pte. C. Ash, 2/D. of C. L.I.) edge bruising and light pitting from star, otherwise good very fine £400-450

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals Relating to the Battle of Abu Klea.

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One officer and 27 other ranks of the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, were present at Abu Klea in the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps.

Charles Ash was born in the parish of Leavington, Somerset, sometime in 1871. He enlisted into the D.C.L.I. on 22 September 1880, transferring to the Army Reserve on 19 September 1892, on completion of his first period of limited service. Sold with confirmation and nine copied pages of service papers.