Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: 4th Class Chaplain C. W. Keatinge, Army Chaplains Department

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, The Nile 1884-85 (4th Cl. Chaplain C. W. Keatinge); Khedive’s Star 1884-86, good very fine (2) £300-350

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Egypt and Sudan Medals 1882-1891 from the Collection of Jack Webb.

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9 Chaplains served with the Nile Expedition.

Charles Walter Keatinge was born on 16 February 1857. He was appointed 4th Class Chaplain (Roman Catholic) on 27 January 1882; 3rd Class, 1 April 1893; 2nd Class, 1 April 1898; 1st Class, 1 April 1903; retired 14 October 1903. He also received the medal for the Boer War. Chaplain Keatinge died at Tonbridge Wells on 13 May 1906.