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Queen's Sudan Medal

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in the 1880s, as well as concern that France and other European powers would take advantage of Sudan's instability to acquire parts of its territory. Initially only the Egyptian Army was engaged. British Army units joined from early 1898, with two British brigades being present at the decisive
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The medal was awarded in silver to soldiers of the British and Egyptian armies, and in bronze to a small number of non-combatants, comprising authorised followers, officers’ servants and grooms from the Indian Army.
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Reverse: a plinth inscribed SUDAN supported by Nile lilies, where a figure of victory sits holding a laurel wreath and a palm branch. Behind her are the British and Egyptian flags.
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Naming: the recipient's name and details were engraved on the edge. Those awarded to Egyptian and Sudanese troops were named in
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took part. Seventeen members of the Royal Navy and 27 Royal Marines who helped man the Nile gunboats also received the medal.
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Ribbon: 31.7 millimetres (1.25 in) wide ribbon is half yellow, half black with a thin dividing red stripe.
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was authorised in March 1899 and awarded to British and Egyptian forces which took part in the
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A circular medal, 36.5 millimetres (1.44 in) in diameter, designed by
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The campaign reflected the British desire to reverse the defeats of the
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All recipients of the Queen's Medal also received the
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Index



Campaign medal
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Sudan Campaign
Clasps

Ashanti Star
East and Central Africa Medal
Khedive's Sudan Medal
Sudan campaign
Mahdist War
Omdurman
Winston Churchill
Khedive's Sudan Medal
G. W. de Saulles
Queen Victoria
Arabic script




"The National Archives: Bronze medal for officers' servants confirmed on roll for respective regiment"
William Augustus Steward, War Medals and Their History, page 243, Published: Stanley Paul & Co, London, 1915.


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