A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units

Pair: Private C. Ash, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 2 clasps, The Nile 1884-85, Abu Klea (1555 Pte. C. Ash. 2/D. of C.L.I.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, pitting from Star, very fine (2) £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the 46th Foot and its Successor Units.

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Dix Noonan Webb, April 2001 (Egypt and Sudan medal only).

One officer and 27 other ranks of the 2nd Battalion, Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry, were present at Abu Klea in the Mounted Infantry Camel Corps.

Charles Ash was born in the parish of Leavington, Somerset in 1861 and attested for the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry on 22 September 1880. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Egypt and the Sudan, and was wounded at the Battle of Kassasin; took part in the Nile Expedition; and was present at the Battle of Abu Klea. He transferred to the Army Reserve on 19 September 1892, on completion of his first period of limited service.

Sold with copied research.