Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 December 2008

Starting at 11:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 40

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5 December 2008

Hammer Price:
£1,500

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lt. Col. W. M. B. Walton, G/B. Bde. R.H.A.) light pitting, otherwise very fine £400-500

William Morritt Barnaby Walton was born on 6 December 1836, and joined the Royal Artillery as a Lieutenant on 7 April 1856. He became Lieutenant-Colonel on 16 January 1882 and commanded “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery at the battle of Tel-El-Kebir (despatches London Gazette 2 November 1882, C.B., 3rd Class Medjidie). He was promoted to Colonel in January 1886, retired as Hon. Major-General in November 1887, and died on 15 March 1888.