Auction Catalogue

6 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 125

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6 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£2,500

Pair: Private R. Lowery, 21st Lancers, who rode in ‘C’ Squadron in the charge at Omdurman

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98
(3843 Pte., 21/Lcrs.); Khedive’s Sudan 1896-1908, 1 clasp, Khartoum (3843 Pte., 21st Lcrs.), minor contact marks, very fine or better (2) £1400-1600

Lowery died of enteric at Abbasiyah on 11 October 1898, his next of kin being ‘Mr. Wm. Lowery, Butterknowle, Nr. Darlington, Co. Durham.’