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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 177

Pair: Sergeant J. Ralston, Royal Highlanders
Egypt 1882-89, undated, two clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1223. Pte. J. Ralston. 1/Rl. Highrs.); Khedive's Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, heavy contact marks, therefore fine (2)

1223 Sergeant James Ralston, born Stranraer, Wigton, 1862; enlisted in the Royal Highlanders, March 1882; served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt, November 1883 to April 1886; was part of a party of 1 Officer and 22 other ranks of the Royal Highlanders who served in the Mounted Infantry Camel Regiment on the Nile and at Abu Klea; promoted Corporal, November 1886; Sergeant, August 1889; discharged, March 1894, after 12 years with the Colours.

Provenance: Jack Webb Collection, December 2008.

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