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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 179

Pair: Surgeon A. W. E. B. Barrett, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (A. W. E. B. Barrett, Surgn. R.N. H.M.S. Cygnet.), officially impressed naming; Khedive's Star 1884-86, very fine (2)

Ex-Payne, Phillips and Firth Collections.

Arthur William Egerton Brydges Barrett was born on 29 July 1858 at Bath, Somerset. Appointed Surgeon in the Royal Navy on 25 August 1881, Barrett joined the Cygnet, a composite gunboat, in the Mediterranean on 6 January 1883. He took part in the operations at Suakin in 1885 (Medal & clasp). Barrett was discharged ashore, with a gratuity, on 4 September 1889.


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Sold for
£300

Starting price
£220