Seven: Sergeant E. Malcolm, Royal Army Medical Corps, late Royal Artillery, in which latter corps he participated in operations in the Chin Hills in 1892-93

India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Chin Hills 1892-93 (5188 Corpl. E. Malcolm, No. 7 Mtn. By. R.A.), officially re-engraved naming as is often the case; Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (10524 Pte. E. Malcolm, R.A.M.C.); 1914 Star, with clasp (10524 Cpl. E. Malcolm, R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals (10524 Sjt. E. Malcolm, R.A.M.C.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (10524 Cpl. E. Malcolm, R.A.M.C.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, no clasp, unnamed, the first two with contact marks and polished, good fine, the remainder generally very fine (7) £800-1000

Edward Malcolm enlisted in the Royal Artillery as a boy recruit in August 1881, aged 14 years.

Appointed Trumpeter in October 1882 and advanced to Gunner in August 1884, he was embarked for India in early 1886, and saw action in the Chin Hills operations of 1892-93, when chosen to accompany a small detachment of two guns from No. 7 Mountain Battery, R.A. - indeed just three gunner officers and nine other ranks ranks received the relevant clasp.

Having then gained advancement to Corporal and been discharged from the Royal Artillery in November 1893, he enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps in August 1894 and, as a 1st Class Orderly, served out in Egypt and the Sudan from July 1898 to March 1904 (Queen’s Medal; Khedive’s Medal).

Malcolm returned to an operational footing out in France in mid-August 1914, where he was employed as a Corporal in No. 2 General Hospital. Advanced to Sergeant in December of the same year, he was finally discharged in August 1916 ‘on expiration of service’.