Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 3 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1228 Bugr. J. Millbanks, 2/D of C.L.I.) minor pitting, otherwise good very fine £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Lovell Collection, Sotheby’s, November 1977; Jack Webb Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, December 2008.

1 officer and 27 other ranks of the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry were present at Abu Klea in the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps.

James Millbanks was born in London in 1860 and attested for the 46th Regiment of Foot on 24 June 1879. He is shown on the rolls as a Bugler at Tel-El-Kebir and also at Abu Klea.

Sold with copied research.