Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private J. B. Ellis, Cameron Highlanders

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (3046 Pte. B. Ellis, 1/Cam’n. Hdrs.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Wittebergen (3046 Pte. J. B. Ellis, 1 Cam’n. Hdrs.) slight edge bruising, very fine (2)
£280-320

Benjamin Ellis was born in Lambeth, London. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the Cameron Highlanders at London on 12 February 1892, aged 18 years, 2 months. With the regiment he served in Malta, September 1892-February 1895; in Gibraltar, February 1895-October 1897 - where he sustained injuries on 11 August 1896; Egypt and Sudan, October 1897-March 1900; and South Africa, March 1900-October 1902. With copied service papers.