Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Four: Sergeant-Trumpeter A. Holloway, 10th Hussars, later 19th Hussars

Afghanistan 1878-80, 1 clasp, Ali Musjid (.... Trumpr. A. Holloway, 10th Rl. Hussars); Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, 1 clasp, El-Teb_Tamaai (10.. .. Holloway 10th Rl. H.....); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (2776 ..... Trumpr. A. Holloway 1. .....rs.); Khedive’s Star 1884 (1071 Tr. A. Holloway 10th Rl. Hussars) regimentally named on the reverse, mounted as worn on a contemporary silver brooch bar, suspension post and claw re-fixed on the third, severe edge bruising and contact wear, heavily worn overall with some loss to naming, poor (4) £150-£200

L.S. & G.C. medal recommended 1 April 1888. Sold with copied medal roll entries and two accounts of the ‘Ford of Kabul River’ when the 10th Hussars lost Lieutenant Harford, 46 N.C.Os. and men, and 13 horses drowned in an attempt to make a night crossing of the river.