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Auction: 26003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 135

(x) 'I met my uncle Henry, who in 1882 was at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir and was reported to be the first into the Turkish trenches. However, Uncle Henry always said his Corporal beat him by two feet! There were no D.S.O.'s then, think the creation was in 1886.'

The Memoirs of Col. G. B. Daubeny refer - with the good Major taking a 'mention' for his bravery

The campaign group of three awarded to Major H. J. Daubeny, 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Regiment

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Capt. H. J. Daubeny. 2/R. Ir: R.) small official correction to surname; Turkey, Ottoman Empire, Order of the Medjidie, 4th Class breast Badge, silver, gold and enamel, reverse with mint mark; Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, mounted for wear, good very fine (3)

Henry Joseph Daubeny was born on 16 November 1847, and was educated at Bromsgrove School. A talented cricketer, he played for Aldershot and Shrorncliffe commands. He was commissioned as Ensign in the 18th Regiment in October 1867; Lieutenant in 1871; and Captain in the 2nd Battalion at Tel-el-Kebir, gaining a Brevet Majority (Mentioned in Despatches, London Gazette 2 November 1882) and the 4th Class of the Medjidie. His obituary also confirms he was present at the action of Kassassin on 9 September 1882. Daubeny was made Substantive Major in September 1887, retired in 1889 and died at Brighton on 25 April 1905.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600