Auction Catalogue

22 June 1999

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Arts Club  40 Dover St  London  W1S 4NP

Lot

№ 586

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22 June 1999

Hammer Price:
£150

Pair: Surgeon M. O’C. Drury, Medical Staff
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89
, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Surgn., Med. Staff); Khedive’s Star 1884, good very fine (2) £100-120

Maurice O’Connor Drury was appointed Surgeon Captain in July 1880; Surgeon Major, July 1892; retired 5 December 1900. He served in the Soudan Expedition of 1885 (medal with clasp and Khedive’s Star), and in the Burmese Expedition in 1886-87 (Mentioned in despatches, medal with clasp). Served also in the South African War 1899-1900. He died in Carmarthenshire in 1906.