Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Private R. Robbins, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3546 Pte., 1/R. War. R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 2 clasps, The Atbara, Khartoum (No. 3546 Pte., 1st R. War. R. 1898) some edge bruising, very fine (2) £280-320

Richard Robbins was born in Birmingham. A Stoker (?) by occupation and a member of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (Militia), he attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment at Birmingham on 12 January 1892, aged 19 years, 6 months. With the regiment he served in Ceylon, December 1892-March 1896; Egypt and the Sudan, December 1897-October 1898, and India, October 1898-December 1906. Robbins was discharged at his own request in October 1910, the Sudan awards being his only medals. Robbins attested for the Army Reserve (Special Reserve) in Birmingham on 11 September 1914, then aged 42 years. Serving throughout the war at Home, he was at various times with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, Royal Berkshire Regiment, Labour Corps and Tank Corps. He was transferred to Class “Z” Reserve in 1920. With copied service papers and roll extracts.