Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private Alfred Wilson, 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (1061. Pte. A. Wilson. 2/Oxf: L.I.); Khedive’s Star 1884-6, unnamed as issued, some minor pitting from star, otherwise good very fine and scarce (2) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum.

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Only 33 medals without clasp issued to the regiment, all serving with the Mounted Infantry on the Nile Expedition.

Alfred Wilson was born at Burslem, Staffordshire, and enlisted into the Oxfordshire Light Infantry at Leicester on 11 June 1883, aged 18 years, a pressman by trade. He served overseas at Gibraltar, August 1884 to March 1885; Egypt, March 1885 to March 1886; India, March 1886 to October 1889; and Burma, October 1889 to February 1891. He was present at the ‘Battle of Ghinnis, served with mounted Infantry Nile 1885’ and was awarded the ’Egyptian Medal 1885 & Khedive’s Star’. Sold with an original c.d.v. photograph and copied discharge papers.