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Auction: 11007 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals & Militaria
Lot: 294

Miniature Awards: Group of Four Attributed to Major-General E.T. Dickson, Royal Berkshire Regiment Egypt 1882-89, dated, two clasps, Suakin 1885, Tofrek; Jubilee 1897, silver; Coronation 1911; Khedive´s Star 1882, good very fine, mounted as worn (4) Estimate £ 60-80 Major-General Edward Thompson Dickson, born St. Heliers, Jersey, July 1850, the son of Major-General E.J. Dickson; educated at Cheltenham College and R.M.C. Sandhurst; Commissioned Ensign, 49th Foot, January 1869; Lieutenant, April 1871; Captain, October 1878; Major, February 1884; served with the Regiment in the Sudan 1885-86, at Suakin, the reconnaissance to Hasheen, actions at Hasheen and Tofrek, operations at and the destruction of Tamaai, and the action at Giniss; Lieutenant-Colonel, April 1891; Commanded the 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, 1891-95; Colonel, April 1895; Commanded 49th Regimental District, 1897-1902; General Officer Commanding Barbados, 1902-05; Major-General, 26.10.1905; Colonel Commanding the Troops in West Africa, 1905-06; Brigade-Major, 2nd Brigade; retired 1912. Major-General Dickson died at home in Tunbridge Wells, 23.8.1938.

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