Pair: Private C. Powell, Lincolnshire Regiment

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3253. Pte. C. Powell. 1/Lin: R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, The Atbara, unnamed as issued, light contact marks, good very fine, the latter scarce as a single clasp (2) £300-£400

Charles Philip Powell was born in Camberwell, London, in 1872 and attested for the Lincolnshire Regiment at Kingston-on-Thames on 16 September 1892. He served with the 2nd Battalion in the Straits Settlements from 12 December 1893 to 18 April 1895, and then with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 3 February 1897. He was present at the Battle of the Atbara, 8 April 1898, but was then left at Cairo, and did not proceed to Khartoum. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 16 September 1899, and was discharged medically unfit for further service on 29 July 1900, after 7 years and 327 days’ service.

Sold with copied service papers and medal roll extract.