Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir [not entitled] (10070 Sapr. J. Gibbs. 18th. Co. R.E.) heavy pitting from Star that has partially obscured naming, therefore fine £70-£90

This lot is to be sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Edward De Santis.

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James Gibbs was born on the island of Bermuda on 3 March 1855 and attested for the Royal Engineers as a Boy Soldier at Dublin on 4 May 1869. He served with the 5th Company in South Africa during the Zulu War from 2 December 1878 to 1 February 1880, and was present at the Battle of Ulundi on 4 July 1879, where one of the 5th Company’s officers was Lieutenant J. R. M. Chard, V.C. (entitled to South Africa Medal with clasp 1879), and subsequently in Egypt from 22 August to 5 October 1882 (not entitled to Tel-el-Kebir clasp). He was promoted Sergeant on 1 February 1889, and Company Sergeant Major on 3 June 1890. Awarded the Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, he was finally discharged on 30 April 1898, after 28 years and 327 days’ service, of which nearly 8 years were spent soldiering overseas.

Sold with copied service papers.