Auction Catalogue

12 May 2015

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Lot

№ 522

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12 May 2015

Hammer Price:
£2,400

Four: Captain R. T. Roberts, Royal Artillery

Afghanistan 1878-80, no clasp (Lieut., 1/8th R.A.); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut., 7/1st Bde. R.A.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1885-7 (Capt., No. 3 By. 1st Bde. R.A.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, some contact marks, very fine and better (4) £600-700

Richard Tucker Roberts was born on 20 September 1857, the third son of William Roberts, late of the Bengal Civil Service. He became a Gentleman Cadet at the R.M.A. Woolwich on 24 September 1875. Commissioned a Lieutenant in the 7th Brigade R.G.A. on 25 January 1877. Served in Ceylon, January 1878-February 1880; India and Afghanistan, April 1880-August 1882; Egypt, August 1882, serving at Kassassin and Tel-el-Kebir, returning to India in October 1882. Promoted to Captain, May 1885. In Mauritius, July-November 1885 and then to Burma. Captain Roberts, No. 3 Battery, 1st Brigade Mountain Battery died at Thayatmyo on 8 January 1886 whilst serving on the Burma campaign. With copied roll extracts and service notes.