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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 140

A 'Egypt & Sudan' 1882 C.B. group of six awarded to Colonel and Deputy Commissary General J. H. Randall, Commissariat and Transport Staff

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, Military Division, Companion's (C.B.) breast Badge, gold and enamel; Crimea 1854-56, 1 copy clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed; Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (A. C. Genl. J. H. Randall, C & T.S.); Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 3rd Class neck Badge, silver, gold centres and enamel; Turkish Crimea 1855, a privately produced Sardinian issue; Khedive's Star 1882 very fine (6)

C.B. London Gazette 17 November 1882.

John Henry Randall was born on 29 June 1830 and served in the Crimean War including the Siege of Sebastopol. Listed as a Deputy Assistant Commissary General on 11 November 1859 and as an Assistant Commissary General 31 January 1880, he served during the campaign in Egpyt and Sudan and was awarded the C.B. and a 'mention' (London Gazette 2 November 1882, refers) for his part. Retired as Deputy Commissary General and Honorary Colonel on 29 June 1885, Randall died at 14 York Street, Portman Square, London on 8 November 1893. He left an estate of £109 11s. 6d.

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