Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Corporal E. Hill, South Staffordshire Regiment

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Kirbekan (1956 Corpl. E. Hill, 1/S. Staff: R.); Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and pitting from star, therefore nearly very fine (2) £280-£320

Edwin Hill attested for the South Staffordshire Regiment on 27 June 1879 and served with 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from July 1882 to May 1883 and again from February 1884 to August 1885. He was discharged on 11 September 1885.

The 1st Battalion, South Staffordshire Regiment suffered 6 men killed and 24 men wounded at the action at Kirbekan, 10 February 1885. Sold with copied medal roll extracts.