Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private A. G. Godfrey, 19th Hussars

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Suakin 1884, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1698 Pte. A. G. Godfrey. 19th H....rs) parts of naming obscured from contact with star; Khedive’s Star 1882, the pair mounted on silver ribbon brooch inscribed ‘EGYPT.1882.3.4.5.’, heavy contact wear from star, fine (2) £500-600

Severely wounded at Abu Kru (or El Gubat), 19 January 1885, by a gunshot wound in the left ankle requiring amputation of the lower third of his leg. He afterwards underwent a second amputation to remove another two inches of bone.

Alfred John Godfrey (note incorrect second initial on medal - but as per roll) enlisted into the 19th Hussars on 21 August 1877. He was discharged ‘medically unfit’ due to his wounds on 22 September 1885, and was afterwards an out-patient at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. He was employed for many years as a War Office Messenger but was considerably inconvenienced by his wooden leg which kept breaking, the subject of lengthy correspondence over many years with the Pension Office. He died in hospital at Hemel Hampstead on 29 May 1948, aged 89 years. Sold with copied medal roll entry and many pages from the file of the above-mentioned correspondence.