Auction Catalogue

11 October 2023

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Lot

№ 398

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11 October 2023

Hammer Price:
£360

Pair: Major N. T. Biddulph, Durham Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Lieut: N. T. Biddulph. 2/Durh: L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and pitting from Star, nearly very fine (2) £240-£280

Nicholas Trafalgar Biddulph was commissioned Lieutenant in the Durham Light Infantry on 14 May 1884, and served with the Soudan Frontier Field Force in 1885-86. He later served as Superintendent of Khundwa Rest Camp. Promoted Captain on 11 April 1894, he was appointed Adjutant of the Nagpore Volunteer Rifles on 2 July 1896, and was advanced Major on 26 April 1903.

Sold with a related South Eastern District Rifle Association School Cadet Corps Challenge Cup Prize Medal, bronze, G.V.R. facing left on obverse, the reverse engraved ‘Cadet F. J. Biddulph.’.