Orders, Decorations and Medals

Pair: Acting Conductor of Supplies F. Stannard, Commissariat and Transport Staff

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Ag. C. of Supls., C. & T. Staff); Khedive’s Star, 1882, unnamed, contact marks, about very fine (2) £120-160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Awards to the Army Service Corps.

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Francis Stannard was born in Charlton, Woolwich, Kent. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on 4 November 1862, aged 18 years. He served with the Royal Artillery in the United Kingdom until September 1882, attaining the rank of Battery Sergeant-Major. He transferred to the Commissariat and Transport Corps in August 1882, being ranked as an Acting Conductor of Supplies. As such he served in Egypt, September-October 1882. Further service followed in South Africa, November 1884-December 1885 and Bermuda, November 1889-January 1894, serving as a Conductor in the A.S.C. from December 1888 and 1st Class Staff Sergeant-Major from June 1892. With copied service papers and roll extracts.