Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3621 L/Cpl. A. Davie. 1/Cam: Hdrs.) very fine £240-£280

Alexander Davie attested for the Cameron Highlanders and served during the Nile Expedition of 1898 (medal and Khedive’s medal with clasps ‘The Atbara, Khartoum’). He saw later service during the Boer War (medal with clasps ‘Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen’ with the Mounted Infantry company of the Cameron Highlanders. He was killed in action at Nooitgedacht on 13 December 1900, when, of the 40 men present, one officer and eight other ranks were killed, and ten others wounded. Sergeant Donald Farmer, was subsequently awarded the Victoria Cross for carrying a wounded officer under a very heavy and close fire to a place of safety, before returning to action.

Sold with copy medal roll extracts.