Three: Captain R. T. Roberts, Royal Artillery
Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut., 1/8th R.A.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut., 7/1st Bde. R.A.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Capt., No. 3 By. 1st Bde. S.I. Dn. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, light contact marks, otherwise generally very fine or better (4) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late Robert Lamb.

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Richard Tucker Roberts was born on 20 September 1857, and entered R.M.A. Woolwich as a Gentleman Cadet in September 1875. He served in Afghanistan with 1/8 R.A. from May 1880 until the conclusion of the campaign; in Egypt with 7 Mountain Battery, 1st Brigade, Northern Division, including actions at Kassassin and Tel-El-Kebir; in Burma from November 1885 with 3 Mountain Battery, 1st Brigade, Southern Irish Division, R.G.A. He died at Thayetmyo on 8 January 1886, while serving in the Burma campaign.