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Auction: 22002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 35

(x) Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2847. Sergt. J. Corthine. 21/L'crs.), very fine

Joseph George Corthine was born in 1866 at Shoreditch and enlisted in the 7th Hussars on 16 July 1884. Discharged by purchase on 5 May 1886, he joined the 16th Lancers at Dublin on 5 December 1886 and was transferred to the 21st Lancers on 2 October 1887.

Corthine would carve his name into history at Omdurman, sharing in the Charge with Captain W. M. Doyne’s 'C' Squadron on 2 September 1898. Corthine was discharged - with an Army L.S. & G.C. and a Khedive's Sudan Medal to go with his Queen's Sudan Medal - as a Squadron Sergeant-Major attached to the Permanent Staff of the Yorkshire Dragoons at Doncaster on 31 August 1911. He died at Southend-on-Sea on 10 January 1937.

Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium.

Sold for
£2,900

Starting price
£800