SURGEON WILLIAM CAMPBELL, 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARDS (LATER SURGEON LIEUTENANT COLONEL, GR

SURGEON WILLIAM CAMPBELL, 1ST BATTALION SCOTS GUARDS (LATER SURGEON LIEUTENANT COLONEL, GRENADIER GUARDS). Two: Egypt Medal 1882, 1 clasp, Tel el Kebir, officially engraved (Surgeon, 1st Battalion Scots Guards) Khedive’s Star 1882, unnamed, as issued. Attractively toned, and only minor pitting from the Star, generally Good Very Fine or better.

William Campbell, born Edinburgh 1/11/1850, M.B., C.M., Edinburgh 1872. Appointed Surgeon, 30/9/1874, attached Scots Guards, 12/1/1881, Surgeon Major, Grenadier Guards, 5/11/1887, Surgeon Lieutenant Colonel, Grenadier Guards, 30/9/1894, Retired Pay, 26/6/1897.

Army lists of the period confirm Lieutenant Colonel Campbell as being present during the Egypt expedition of 1882 and taking part in the action at Mahuta and the battle of Tel el Kebir. The Egypt Medal and Khedives Star were his sole medal entitlement.