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Auction: 22102 - Orders, Decorations and Medals e-Auction VI - e-Auction
Lot: 249

Pair: Private D. Thompson, King's Own Scottish Borderers

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Gemaizah 1888 (2595, Pte D. Thompson, 2/K.O. Sco: Bord:); Khedive's Star, undated, unnamed as issued, light pitting to first, minor official correction to first letter of surname, otherwise very fine (2)

David Thompson aged 18 and from Cannongate in Edinburgh, attested for service with the King's Own Scottish Borderers in December 1887 and participated in the rather one-sided Battle of Suakin (otherwise known as the Battle of Gemaizah). During this action the Anglo-Egyptian army lost a mere 12 men killed whereas the forces of the Mahdi sustained casualties of over 1,000.
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