Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (T. Graham. Sign. 2 Cl. H.M.S. Tyne.) edge bruising, suspension bar slightly bent, polished and worn, therefore fair to fine £60-80

Thomas Graham was born in Old Dee, Aberdeen, on 24 May 1866 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 19 November 1881. He was posted to H.M.S. Tyne on 24 August 1883, and advanced Signaller 2nd Class on 24 May 1884. He served in the Tyne during operations in Egypt and the Sudan, and was shore pensioned on 1 April 1892, having been advanced to Yeoman of the Signals on 4 July 1889.