Miniature Medals

Pair: Second Class Master Gunner A. Bayspoole, Scottish Division, Royal Artillery, later Major and Adjutant 1st Orkney Volunteer Artillery

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, no clasp (2/Cl. Mr. Gunr., 6/1st Sco. Div. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, pitting from star, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £120-140

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to Artillery Units formed by Lt-Col. A.M. Macfarlane.

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Second Class Master Gunner Albert Bayspoole served with 6 Battery 1 Brigade Scottish Division, as an instructor in gunnery. He was commissioned Lieutenant, Coast Brigade R.A., in April 1889, and became Adjutant, 1st Orkney Volunteer Artillery, in 1894. He retired in the rank of Major in 1906, aged 56. Sold with a copy group photograph and further service details.