LIEUTENANT E.H. MULOCK, 1ST BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS. Egypt Medal 1882-89, dated re

LIEUTENANT E.H. MULOCK, 1ST BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS. Egypt Medal 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-el-Kebir (officially engraved: LIEUT: E. H. MULOCK. 1/R.I.FUS:). Attractively toned, Almost Extremely Fine.

Edmonds Henry Mulock was first commissioned Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Princess Victoria’s Royal Irish Fusiliers, 10/5/1882. He was accidentally killed in the Murree Hills, India, 31/8/1884. Medal accompanied by photocopied extract from Regimental Muster Roll for 30th September 1884, which confirms that Lieutenant Mulock died on 31/8/1884 (British Army Lists of the period confirm place of death as Khyra Gully, Murree Hills, India, 31/8/1884). Hart’s Army List 1882 confirms Lieutenant Mulock as having seen service with the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers in the Egyptian war of 1882 and that he was present at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir. Photograph of Lieutenant Mulock’s grave also accompanies medal, the monument comprising a celtic cross atop a pedestal, the pedestal inscribed “In Memory of Lieut Edmonds Henry Muluck, Royal Irish Fusiliers, who was accidentally killed near Chungla Gully, on 31st Augt 1884, aged 22 years – Erected by the Officers of the Regt.” Medal also accompanied by extract from Khedive’s Star medal roll, confirming also entitled Khedive’s Star 1882.