Auction Catalogue

19 & 20 March 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1030

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20 March 2008

Hammer Price:
£620

Three: Surgeon-Major H. O. Stuart, Medical Service

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Surgn. H. O. Stuart, Med. Serv.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 3 clasps, El-Teb-Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (Surgeon H. O. Stewart, M.S.); Khedive’s Star 1884, rev. inscribed in ornate script, ‘H.O.S.’, mounted as worn, note different spelling of surname, minor contact marks, nearly extremely fine (3) £650-750

Henry Ogilvy was born in Woolwich on 25 February 1857. Studying medicine at Guy’s, he gained the M.R.C.S. and L.S.A. in 1878. He became a Surgeon in the Army Medical service in October 1879 and saw service in Southern Afghanistan, 1880-81, but resigned in March 1881. He was re-employed as a Surgeon in the Army Medical Department in February 1882 and saw active service in Egypt and was mentioned in despatches. Promoted to Surgeon-Major in February 1894, he died in the Middlesex Hospital, London, on 11 May 1896. Sold with copied roll extracts and other research.