Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant H. Bonham-Carter, Royal Engineers

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Lieutt. Herman Bonam-Carter R.E. 10th. Coy R.E.); India General Service 1854-95, 2 clasps, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89 (Lieutt. Herman Bonham-Carter R.E. 2d. Coy Bl. Sappers & Miners) both with contemporarily re-engraved naming, very fine (2) £80-120

Herman Bonham-Carter was born in Marylebone, London, on 20 April 1863, and was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 28 July 1883. He served with the Engineers in Egypt and the Sudan in the Suakin Expedition in 1885, and in Burma from 1886-88. He was promoted Captain on 2 December 1891 and Major on 14 April 1900, and then to his ultimate rank of Lieutenant-Colonel on 1 August 1908. He retired on 30 January 1910, and died in 1945.

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