Pair: Driver W. Luxon, Royal Engineers

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (15478. Driv: W. Luxon. A. Tp: R.E.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, the reverse privately engraved ‘15478 Pte. W. Luxon. R.E.’, mounted for wear, usual contact marks from star, nearly very fine (2) £140-£180

Walter James Luxon, a baker from Burnham on Sea, Somerset, was born in 1861. He attested into the Royal Engineers at Taunton in 1878 and served in Egypt with ‘A’ (Bridging) Troop. Returning home the following year, he was placed on the Army Reserve. He subsequently joined the Merchant Navy until 1886. Upon the death of his father in 1891, he took over his family bakery business, and died in 1928.