The Collection of Medals Formed by Bill and Angela Strong

Pair: Colonel R. S. Hall, Coldstream Guards

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 2 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1885 (Lt. Col: R. S. Hall, 2/Cdm. Gds.); Khedive’s Star 1882, edge bruise and pitting from star, otherwise very fine (2) £600-800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Bill and Angela Strong Medal Collection.

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Ex Sir Torquil Matheson Collection.

Richard Spencer Hall was born on 13 April 1843, and entered the army as an Ensign in the 7th Foot on 25 May 1860. He became a Lieutenant in that regiment in May 1863 and exchanged into the Coldstream Guards in the following November, becoming Lieutenant & Captain in January 1867, and Captain & Lieutenant-Colonel in August 1875. He was A.D.C. to the Major-General Commanding in Bengal from August 1873 to July 1875.

Colonel Hall served with the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards in the Egyptian campaign of 1882, and was present in the engagement at Tel-el-Mahuta and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with clasp and Khedive’s star). He served in the expedition to the Soudan in 1885 with the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, and was present in the engagement at Hasheen, at that near Tofrek on the 24th March, and at the destruction of Temai (Clasp). Sold with copied record of service and several copied photographs.