Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

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The Companion of the Bath breast badge awarded to Lieutenant-General John Cameron, Royal Engineers, Director of Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland from August 1875
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1870, complete with gold swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle, extremely fine

Pair: Captain C. B. Cameron, York and Lancaster Regiment
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut. C. B. Cameron. 2/York & Lanc R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed, the first with heavy pitting and edge bruising from star, therefore fine, the second good very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400

John Cameron was born on 31 March 1817, at Sint-Amands in the Flemish region of Belgium, son of Major-General Sir John Cameron, K.C.B. He was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 12 December 1834, becoming Colonel on 1 January 1868, and Lieutenant-General on 1 October 1877. Cameron became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 4 June 1868, and was made a Companion of the Bath on 14 June 1870. He held the important position of Director-General of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland from August 1875 to his death. He edited Ordnance Survey. Meteorological Observations, 1856. Lieutenant-General Cameron died at Ordnance House, Southampton, on 30 June 1878.

Charles Barton Cameron was born in 1857, son of Major-General John Cameron, Royal Engineers. He was commissioned Ensign in the York and Lancaster Regiment on 5 October 1878; Lieutenant, 1 July 1881; Captain, 2 June 1886. He served with the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment throughout the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the engagements of El Magfar and Tel-el-Mahuta, in the two actions at Kassasin, and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with Clasp and Bronze Star). Captain Cameron was placed on half-pay on 26 October 1892.

For related family medals see Lot 44.