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№ 705

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1 March 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,600

Pair: Sergeant Peter Walker, 42nd Royal Highlanders, who died of severe gunshot wounds to the chest following the Highland Brigade’s dawn assault on the Egyptian positions at Tel-el-Kebir on 13 September 1882

Ashantee 1873-74, 1 clasp, Coomassie (1806. Pte. P. Walker, 42nd Highds. 1873-4.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (1806. Sergt. P. Walker. 1/R. Hrs.) good very fine (2) £1800-2200

Sergeant Peter Walker died of severe gunshot wounds to the chest at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, 13 September 1882. The 1st Royal Highlanders had 10 killed and 45 wounded in this action.