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Auction: 20001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals - conducted behind closed doors
Lot: 890

A rare 'Darfur 1916' group of three awarded to Acting Corporal A. Fogden, who survived bouts of fever and malaria in Egypt and the Sudan, but was nearly unstuck by a football at the end of the Great War

British War and Victory Medals (M2-134504 Pte. A. Fogden. A.S.C.); Khedive's Sudan 1910-21, clasp, Darfur 1916 (M2-134504 A.Cpl. A. Fogden. A.S.C.), officially impressed naming, good very fine (3)

Arthur Fogden was born around 1896 and lived at Hunston Dairy Farm, Chichester, West Sussex. A chauffeur by occupation, he attested at Grove Park for the Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport) on 28 November 1915, serving as a lorry driver with No. 347 Company, A.S.C., in Egypt from 24 February 1916-12 June 1919. During his time overseas he was punished for not wearing a helmet between the hours of 08.30 and 16.30, and also suffered from a sprained ankle, relapsing fever, and malaria. The ankle injury is explained by an accident report contained within Fogden's service record:

'A witness statement by No. 150788 Pte. J. Anderson, R.A.S.C., 1/5/19:

On the evening of the 21st last, I with seven men of this unit, was playing football. Pte. Fogden was not participating in the game, but was standing in the vicinity. The ball was kicked in the direction of Pte. Fogden who apparently made an attempt to kick the ball back at the players. In doing so he fell to the ground. He appeared to be in considerable pain & I went to pick him up and carried him into the billet. I removed his boot & noticed his ankle was badly swollen. He was then taken in a motor car to the hospital. At the time he kicked the ball, no other person was near him.'

The injury being deemed accidental, Fogden returned home via Port Said and was demobilised shortly thereafter; sold with copied service record and MIC confirms entitlement.


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Sold for
£550

Starting price
£210