The John Goddard Collection of Important Naval Medals and Nelson Letters

A rare Queen’s Sudan medal awarded to Chief Engine-Room Artificer S. G. Milton, Royal Navy, who served aboard Lieutenant David Beatty’s Nile gunboat El-Fateh in the Nile Expedition of 1898 and at the battle of Omdurman

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (128,934. C.E.R. Artifr. S. G. Milton. R.N.) officially engraved naming, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine £1400-1800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The John Goddard Collection of Important Naval Medals and Nelson Letters.

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Provenance: Baldwin’s, November 2014.

Awarded to 17 officers and men of the Royal Navy, and to 27 officers and men of the Royal Marines who served afloat in the gunboats of the Nile Flotilla, or on shore whilst attached to the Army. Chief Engine-Room Artificer S. G. Milton is confirmed on the roll as being present on board the newly-built Nile gunboat El-Fateh, commanded by the charismatic Lieutenant David Beatty, in the Expedition to Khartoum in 1897-98, and took part in the shelling of the city of Omdurman and in the battle itself, both flanks of the enemy being harried by the gunboats. Sold with copied medal roll entries.