Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria, to include the Brian Ritchie Collection (Part II)

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Tel-El-Kebir (T. Abbott, 2nd Cap. F’cle, H.M.S. Monarch) contact marks and edge bruising, otherwise very fine and scarce £200-250

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee.

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A little over 160 men of the R.N. received the Medal with these two clasps.

Thomas Abbott was born at Stoke Gabriel, Devon in July 1856 and entered the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in January 1873. A Leading Seaman aboard H.M.S. Monarch by the time of his participation in the Egypt operations of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria and Tel-el-Kebir, he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal in August 1890. Abbott was pensioned ashore as a Chief Petty Officer in July 1894, but served as an Able Seaman (Pensioner) in the Royal Fleet Reserve until July 1906.