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Auction: 18003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 315

Five: Private S. W. Barfoot, Royal Army Medical Corps, one of only 37 medical staff to receive the Egypt Medal with 'Gemaizah 1888' clasp

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (5995. Pte. S. W. Barfoot. Med: Staff Corps.); Queen's South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Tugela Heights, Relief of Ladysmith, Transvaal, Laing's Nek (5995 Pte. S. W. Barfoot, R.A.M.C.); King's South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; Army L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R.; Khedive's Star, undated, the third and fourth erased, nearly very fine (5)

Stephen William Barfoot was born at Crichel, Wimborne, in May 1859. A cab driver by trade, he enlisted into the Army Hospital Corps at Aldershot on 27 May 1884, later transferring to the Medical Staff Corps. He saw service in Egypt, India and South Africa and was mentioned in despatches for the Boer War (London Gazette 29 July 1902, refers). He was discharged after 21 years of service on 26 May 1905; sold with extensive research including copied service papers.

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