The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick

Pair: Surgeon-Major J. W. Beatty, Army Medical Department

Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Surgeon, A.M. Dept.), note surname spelt ‘Beatly’ on medal; Ashanti Star 1896, unnamed as issued, very fine (2) £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals to the Medical Services formed by Colonel D.G.B. Riddick.

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John William Beatty was born in Dublin on 15 June 1857 and qualified as a M.D. at the R.U.I. He entered the Army Medical Department as a Surgeon, afterwards Surgeon-Captain in July 1881 and was promoted to Surgeon-Major, afterwards Major, in the R.A.M.C. in July 1893. Beatty saw service in the Egypt campaign of 1882 and the Ashanti expedition of 1895-96. He was placed on Retired Pay on 14 June 1899.