Pair: Quarter Master R. Lawton, Royal Navy

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (R. Lawton. Qr. Mr. H.M.S. “Ruby”); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, good very fine (2) £120-£160

Richard Lawton was born in Queenstown, Cork, on 21 September 1850, and entered naval service on 1 January 1873 as an Able Seaman in H.M.S. Agincourt. Advanced Petty Officer 1st Class on 16 November 1877 in H.M.S. Hotspur, he served in this rate in H.M.S. Ruby from 26 May 1880 to 29 August 1882, and saw action during the Egyptian operations. After spending barely over a month in H.M.S. Royal Adelaide (30 August to 6 October 1882), he was invalided to Plymouth. He was finally pensioned from H.M.S. Edgar on 9 November 1894, to Plymouth Hospital.