Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Queen’s Sudan 1896-98 (Lt. W. R. G. Wollen. R.E.) very fine £240-£280

William Russell Grant Wollen was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers from the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, on 17 August 1894, and was promoted Lieutenant on 17 August 1897. He served with the Royal Engineers in the Sudan, and for his services there during 1899 was awarded the Ottoman Order of the Medjidieh, Fourth Class (London Gazette 17 July 1900). He died in service on 8 April 1901.