Previous Lot Next Lot

Auction: 14001 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 650

Queen's Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. A.Y. Spearman, 1/R. War: R.), very fine

Major Alexander Young Spearman, born Prome, Burma, 1872, the son of Colonel H.R. Spearman, Indian Army; Commissioned Second Lieutenant, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, June 1892; promoted Lieutenant, December 1896; served with the 1st Battalion in the Sudan, and present at the Battle of Khartoum, 2.9.1898; promoted Captain, December 1899; served with the 28th Mounted Infantry in South Africa, and took part in the operations in the Transvaal, the Orange River Colony, and Cape Colony; taken Prisoner-of-War at Boschbult, 31.3.1902; promoted Brevet Major, 22.8.1902; served with the Royal Warwickshires on the North West Frontier of India,1908, where he took part in the operations in Zakka Khel country, the Mohmand country, and the engagements of Matta and Kargha; died of morphia poisoning at home in London, October 1911.

Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.

Sold for
£600