Not a family heirloom, but something I picked up in an antique shop in Brighton in the late 1960s or early 1970s. As far as I could make out, the inscription round the rim read:
LIEUT A.E. POOLE 10TH RL HUSSARS
A Google search led me to the website of Dix Noonan Webb, numismatic auctioneers http://www.dnw.co.uk/medals/auctionarchive/viewspecialcollections/itemdetail.lasso?itemid=38351 from where I gleaned the following:
Lot 692, 16 Dec 03
Category: CAMPAIGN GROUPS AND PAIRS
Estimate: £300-£350
Hammer Price: £520
Estimate: £300-£350
Hammer Price: £520
Description
Three: Major A. E. Poole, 10th Royal Hussars, later Military Knight of Windsor
Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, no clasp (Lieut., 10th Rl. Hussars) rank corrected; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Driefontein, Johannesburg (Capt. & Qr. Mr., 10/Hussars); Coronation 1911 (Major, 22 June 1911) pitting and contact marks, therefore good fine and better (3) £300-350
Footnote
Arthur Edward Poole was born on 26 May 1850. He served in the ranks for 9 years and 96 days, and was appointed Hon. Lieutenant in the 10th Hussars on 2 December 1882. He served in the Soudan Expedition of 1884 (Medal), and in South Africa 1899-1900, including the relief of Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg; actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal 1900, including actions near Johannesburg; and operations in Cape Colony (Queen’s medal with four clasps). Appointed Camp Quartermaster at Aldershot in May 1901, he was promoted Honorary Major on 29 November 1901, and retired on 26 May 1905. He was appointed a Military Knight of Windsor on 26 February 1910 and remained as such until his death on 28 June 1930.
2 comments:
Great medal! Thanks for sharing. Who ever bought his other medals would love to know his star still exists (and would most likely pay well to acquire it!) Unfortunately, I don't have them. But I am looking for and Egypt and Star to a fellow soldier from that campaign: 773 Sergt. J Cox 10th Royal Hussars.
Sorry for the late response. I have only just picked up your comment. I am no expert on medals and what you see here is all I have. You may have noticed elsewhere some illustrations from "The Graphic" of 1882 about the Dynamite Plot. Somewhere in the same volume is something about the Khedive's Star. I'll see if I can copy it and post it here.
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