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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 92

Pair: Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Terrot, Shropshire Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, no clasp, undated reverse (Major. C. E. Terrot. 1/Shrops: L.I.); Khedive's Star 1882, mounted as worn, minor edge wear to unit, pitting, overall nearly very fine (2)

Provenance:
Spink, November 2000.

Charles Ellison Terrot was born at Wipsington, Lincolnshire on 8 March 1841, the son of Alice and Reverend Charles Terrot. Commissioned Ensign on 18 January 1859 with 63rd Foot he was further advanced Lieutenant on 19 December 1861. Terrot was appointed the Regimental Adjutant between 1866-67 and promoted Captain on 13 September 1867.

Married at Tong Church on 20 September 1877, he was further promoted Major on 24 November 1877. Terrot transferred to the Shropshire Light Infantry in 1878, it was with this unit that he saw service in the Anglo-Egyptian War. They did not take part in the action at Tel-El-Kebir but instead guarded the British foothold at Alexandria, skirmishing with the Egyptian army in order to keep them fixed in place. His obituary in The Globe magazine provides further details:

'The deceased officer, who was born in 1841, served in the Egyptian war of 1882, where he was engaged in the defence of Alexandria, and was present at the surrender of Kafr Dowar and Damietta.'

Terrot was advanced Lieutenant-Colonel on 19 December 1882 while still in Egypt and remained with the Shropshire Light Infantry until a new command became available. Appointed to command the 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment he was not serving in this role for very long when he died suddenly at Shorncliffe Camp on 27 August 1885. His eldest son was Brigadier-General Charles Russell Terrot, 6th Dragoon Guards, D.S.O. and Bar, who won the Bar during the Charge at Harbonieres; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£260 to £300

Starting price
£210