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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 95

Pair: Private W. Majury, 1st Battalion, Shropshire Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Suakin, undated reverse (1919 Pte. W. Majury. 1/Shrops: L.I.); Khedive's Star 1884-6, unnamed as issue, light edge bruise, very fine (2)

William Thomas Majury was born at Ballygowan, Comber, County Down in 1863 and attested with the 21st Brigade at Belfast on 21 May 1881, being posted to the 53rd Regiment of Foot. He was still with them later that same year when they were amalgamated to form the Shropshire Light Infantry. Posted to India on 24 November 1882 he did not qualify for the Egypt and Sudan medal at that point but instead remained with the Army of occupation for four months before being ordered to Malta.

Two years of garrison duty on Malta saw a resurgence of the war in the Sudan and Majury was posted to Suakin with the rest of his Battalion, earning the medal he had missed out on earlier in the decade. After the British withdrew from most the Sudan Majury was ordered to Lower Egypt, remaining there until 1887 when he was sent to Malta. He was finally discharged on 20 May 1893; sold together with copied research.

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Estimate
£100 to £140

Starting price
£80