Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (2872. Pte. C. Ford. 1/Rl. W. Kent R.) some pitting, slight edge bruising, very fine £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Small Collection of Medals to the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

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Dix Noonan Webb, June 2013.

1 officer and 27 other ranks of the 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, were present at Abu Klea in the Mounted Infantry Camel Regiment.

Charles Ford, a bricklayer by trade, was born in Portsmouth in 1861 and attested for the Queen’s Own Royal West Kent Regiment at Gosport on 4 June 1879. Present during the Nile Expedition and at the Battle of Abu Klea on 17 January 1885, he returned home to England on 5 October 1885 and married Miss Annie Gosling at Portsea on 31 July 1886.

Sold with copied service record.