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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 281

'Here I met my uncle Henry who in 1882 was at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir and was reported as first into the Turkish trenches. However, Uncle Henry always said his Corporal beat him by two feet. There were no D.S.O.s then.'

Lieutenant-Colonel Giles Daubeny reflects upon the gallant deeds of his uncle, Major H. J. Daubeny, Royal Irish Regiment.

A good Order of the Medjidie group of three awarded to Major H. J. Daubeny, Royal Irish Regiment

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (Capt. H. J. Daubeny, 2/R.Ir.R.); Turkey, Order of Medjidie, Fourth Class breast badge, gold, silver and enamel; Khedive's Star 1882, minor official correction to surname on the first and enamel slightly chipped in places on the Medjidie, otherwise good very fine (3)

Henry Joseph Daubeny was born on 16 November 1847 and was educated at Bromsgrove School. A talented cricketer who would go on to represent Aldershot and Shorncliffe commands, he was appointed an Ensign in the 18th Royal Irish Regiment in October 1867 and gained advancement to Lieutenant in January 1871.

It was as a Captain in the 2nd Battalion that he distinguished himself at Tel-el-Kebir, gaining a Brevet Majority, a mention in despatches (London Gazette 2 November 1882, refers) and the Fourth Class of the Turkish Medjidie. Daubeny attained the substantive rank of Major in September 1887.

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