Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lance-Corporal A. Shipman, Gordon Highlanders

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Tel-El-Kebir, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, The Nile 1884-85 (2101. Lce. Cpl. A. Shipman. 1/Gord: Highrs.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, light pitting and contact marks, very fine (2) £400-£500

Arthur Shipman was born in Leicester in 1857 and attested for the Gordon Highlanders on 23 October 1880. Appointed Lance-Corporal on 18 April 1882, he served with the 1st Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan from 2 August 1882 to 8 September 1885, seeing active service in Egypt, Eastern Sudan, and on the Nile Expedition. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 21 November 1886, and was discharged on 22 October 1892, after 12 years’ service.

Sold with copied record of service and other research.