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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 139

An 1882 'Egypt & Sudan campaign' C.B. group of seven awarded to Colonel F. C. Elton, Royal Artillery, a veteran of the Crimean War he rose to command the Royal Artillery at the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, (C.B.) Companion's breast Badge, gold and enamel, hallmarks for London 1857; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, (Lieut F. C. Elton. Royal Artillery.), engraved naming; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut: Col: F. C. Elton, R.A.); France, Legion of Honour, breast Badge; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie; Turkish Crimea 1855, French issue; Khedive's Star 1882, housed in a glazed frame by Spink & Son, some enamel chipping and wear, light contact marks overall, the Crimea with slightly heavier marks, very fine (7)

C.B. Naval and Military Gazette 22 November 1882.

France, Legion of Honour London Gazette 4 August 1856.

Frederick Coulthurst Elton was born on 15 July 1837 and was the son of the late James Frederick Elton. He became 2nd Lieutenant on 23 October 1854 and Lieutenant 1 January 1855. During the Crimean War, Elton was present at the Siege and fall of Sebastopol and was in the trenches with the Siege Train and at the bombardments of 9 April and of 6 & 17 June, serving with No. 2 Company, 11th Battalion, Royal Artillery. Promoted Captain on 12 November 1861, he was made Major on 5 July 1872 and Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 July 1881.

He commanded the Royal Artillery, 2nd Division at the Battle of Tel-El-Kebir and not only won an Order of the Bath (C.B.), but was also 'mentioned' (London Gazette 2 November 1882, refers) and further won a Turkish Order of Medjidie, 3rd Class.

Promoted to Colonel in 1885, Elton then commanded the Royal Artillery South Eastern Division from 1887. He died on Christmas Day 1920 at the Hotel Burlington, Dover, Kent and his funeral took place at Kensal Green Cemetery, London; sold together with a photograph of him in uniform.

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Sold for
£2,200

Starting price
£2000