Lot Archive

Lot

№ 37

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£490

Three: Lieutenant-Colonel J. R. Stuart, Royal Army Medical Corps

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Maj., R.A.M.C.); British War Medal 1914-20 (Lt. Col.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (Major, R.A.M.C., Khartoum 1898), clasp loose, good very fine (3) £450-500

John Robert Stuart was born in Inverness on 18 March 1855. Qualifying as a M.B., he was appointed Surgeon, afterwards, Surgeon-Captain in February 1883 and Surgeon-Major in February 1895. After serving in Sudan, he attained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1903, being placed on Retired Pay in March 1910.