Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Colonel P. E. Pope, 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, no clasp (Lt. Col: P. E. Pope, 4th. Dn. Gds.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, edge bruise and heavy pitting form star, otherwise very fine (2) £400-£500

Philip Edward Pope (also recorded as Poppe) was born in London on 14 December 1842 and was commissioned Cornet in the 4th (Royal Irish) Dragoon Guards on 22 May 1863. Promoted Lieutenant on 11 July 1865, he was appointed Adjutant on 17 April 1867, and was promoted captain on 22 October 1870. He was appointed Adjutant of Auxiliary Forces on 18 February 1875, and was attached to the Cheshire Yeomanry, as Acting Commanding Officer, serving with them for the next five years. Appointed Commandant of the School of Instruction, Auxiliary Cavalry at Aldershot on 1 July 1880, he was appointed Aide-de-Camp to General Sir Daniel Lysons, K.C.B., Commanding the Division at Aldershot, on 22 January 1881, and was promoted Major on 1 July of that year.

Pope was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 7 March 1882, and served with the 4th Dragoon Guards in Egypt as part of the 1st Cavalry Brigade, where he was present at the action of El-Majfar and Mahuta; the capture of Mashamah; and the action at Kassassin. Promoted Colonel and given the Command of the 4th Dragoon Guards on 7 March 1886, he transferred to the Reserve of Officers on 7 March 1888, and retired on 7 March 1892. In later life he served as a Deputy Lieutenant and High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. A keen yachtsman and a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, Cowes, he died on 10 May 1916.

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