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5 & 6 December 2018

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№ 804

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6 December 2018

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Three: Corporal J. Satchwell, Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was killed whilst serving with the Mohmand Field Force on 25 April 1908

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (4107 Pte. J. Satchwell. 1/R. War: R.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, North West Frontier 1908 (4107 Corpl. J. Satchwell. 1st. R. War. R.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (No.4107 Dmr. J. Satchwell 1st. R. War. R. 1898) contemporarily engraved naming, minor edge bruising and contact marks, very fine and better (3) £800-£1,200

John Satchwell was born in Coventry, Warwickshire, and attested for the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He served with the 1st Battalion during the re-conquest of the Sudan in 1898, and was present at the Battle of Omdurman. He subsequently served with the Battalion in India and on the North West Frontier in 1908, being present at the action near Matta Mugha Khel on 24 April 1908. That day, elements of the 1st Warwicks were in action as part of the Mohmand Field Force taking the Hill at Matta - the Warwicks were engaged by the tribesmen losing Lieutenant Martin and Private Adams to wounds sustained. That evening Corporal Satchwell was also killed, probably as a result of friendly fire.

The Regimental newsletter,
The Antelope, carried the following obituary in their May 1908 edition:
‘With deep regret we have to record the death of No 4107 Corporal J. Satchwell, 1st Battalion, the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, who was accidentally shot dead on service at Shabkadr on 25th April. Corporal Satchwell enlisted on 10th November 1893, joining the 1st Battalion shortly, and afterwards was promoted Corporal on 15 January 1908.
He took part with the 1st Battalion in the Soudan Campaign of Khartoum in 1898, and received the Queen’s Sudan and Egyptian Medals with clasp Khartoum, and also took part in the Bazar Valley Expedition February 1908. Prior to promotion to Corporal he was orderly bugler to the Commanding Officer. He was a native of Coventry.’