An Egypt & Sudan Campaign medal pair: Corporal Robert Galloway, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders

The pair comprises:

a). Egypt & Sudan Medal 1882-1886. Reverse undated. With clasps 'El-Teb_Tamaai' & 'The Nile 1884-85' (26, Lce Corpl R. Galloway, 1/Gord: Highrs:)

b). Egypt: Khedives Egypt Star. Obverse dated 1884-86

Medal & clasps verification: The Egypt Medal with both x clasps verified as entitled per the respective campaign medal roll for the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders reference WO 100/66

Khedival Bronze Star: There is a 'limited' supplementary Khedives Egypt Star medal roll for the Gordon Highlanders in WO 100/66 compiled and signed in Malta in 1887, however it only lists those men who were 'No Effective / Left the Regiment at the time of compilation. Corporal Galloway was very much alive and serving in Malta in 1887, as pay roll musters for 1887, show him present in Malta. In common with the majority of British Army regiments, there are either none or only partial extant rolls for the post 1882 dated Khedives Egypt Stars awarded to the Gordon Highlanders, albeit all men present in the campaigns 1884-85, who had not been been awarded a Khedival Star for the Egypt Campaign 1882, would have been entitled to one or other of the 1884 or 1884-6 dated stars, depending or not whether they served in one or both of the Sudan Campaigns 1884 & 1885

Lance-Corporal Galloway, is confirmed as having served in 'both' of the Sudan campaigns of 1884 & 1885. On 8 September 1885, 1st battalion Gordon Highlanders, left Fort Mer (Egypt) for embarkation at Alexandria for destination Malta, where the battalion disembarked on 12 September 1885

Sold together with hard-copy photocopied extract pages from the respective campaign medal rolls of the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders

Condition: About GVF

Code: 23517