Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Five: Private J. Coombes, Rifle Brigade, later Natal Naval Corps

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (2291. Pte. J. Coombes. 2/R. Bde:); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Defence of Ladysmith, Laing’s Nek, Belfast (2291. Pte. J. Coombes. Rifle Brigade); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (2291 Pte. J. Coombes. Rifle Brigade.); Natal 1906, 1 clasp, 1906 (P.O.2 J. A. Coombes, Natal Naval Corps.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (No. 2291. Pte. J. Coombes. Rifle Brigade.) engraved naming, very fine (5) £700-£900

James A. Coombes (also spelt Coombs) was born in 1874 and attested for the Rifle Brigade in London on 20 April 1892. He served with the 2nd Battalion in the Nile Expedition, and was present at the Battle of Omdurman on 2 September 1898; he also took part in he Occupation of Crete that same year.

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