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Title Page AN AUCTION OF THE ALLAN AND JANET WOODLIFFE COLLECTION OF MEDALS Relating to the reconquest and pacification of The Sudan 1896 to 1956 The Richmond Suite N The Washington Hotel O 5 Curzon Street I London W1 T C U Wednesday, 18th May 2011, 10:00am precisely A Weekdays, Monday 9th May to Friday 13th May 16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1 G strictly by appointment only N I Monday and Tuesday, 16th and 17th March 16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1 Public viewing, 10 am to 5 pm W E I Wednesday, 18th May 16 Bolton Street, Piccadilly, London W1 V Public viewing, 8 am to end of the Sale Catalogue price £20 In sending commissions or making enquiries please contact: Nimrod Dix, David Erskine-Hill, Pierce Noonan or Brian Simpkin Front Cover: Lot 1 Back Cover: Lot 10 C ONTENTS Please note: Lots will be sold at a rate of approximately 150 per hour The Sudan Campaign 1896-1908 ...................................................................................................... 1-55 The Sudan Campaign 1910-1922 .................................................................................................... 56-82 Post-1922 and The Sudan Defence Force ........................................................................................ 83-91 Egyptian and Ottoman Empire Awards ........................................................................................... 92-108 T HE A UCTION V ENUE The Washington Hotel is located at 5 Curzon B E R O K Street, in the heart of London’s Mayfair, two E L L A D S E L Y B Q B O T U E minutes walk from DNW’s offices. E A R N E D R R M T E D A S S O R T L L R IL V E The auction takes place in the hotel’s H E E R S E T T S R T B R E Richmond Suite on the lower ground floor, Dix Noonan Webb E E E R E T 16 Bolton St K T E L access to which is via a short flight of stairs E The Washington Hotel Y S T 5 Curzon Street R S E leading from the hotel restaurant. T E ST R T S ES A T RL T CHA B T J O O A N M The hotel is a 3-minute walk from the nearest C LT L O S E ET A S RE R N T ST G S S N H E T T Underground station, Green Park ( Piccadilly RZO A S CU LF S M T Y O L O IL Jubilee and Victoria Lines, with links directly N D S A T C IC Green Park P to Euston, King’s Cross, Victoria [for Gatwick (Piccadilly, Victoria andd Jubilee lines) Airport] and Waterloo stations). It is a 40- E TH minute direct journey from Heathrow Airport. Green Park Numerous buses stop at Green Park station. C ONSTITUTION HILL There is limited meter parking in Curzon Hyde Park Corner Street and nearby streets. DIX NOONAN WEBB DNW Auctioneers & Valuers L IVE I NTERNET B IDDING IN DNW A UCTIONS DNW operate a live internet bidding service at all rostrum auctions. Clients may bid in real time, with lots appearing on your computer screen as they are being sold and you will be able to hear the auctioneer selling each lot. Prior registration to participate in the auction in this way is essential and ideally should be made at least 24 hours before the auction commences. To register, visit www.the-saleroom.com , click ‘View Live Auctions’, locate this DNW auction from the resulting list, click ‘Sign up for this Auction’ and follow the instructions. You have to give a valid credit card number, but this will not be used without your permission. For further details please call us on +44 (20) 7016 1700 or email [email protected] . There is no charge for this service . S ALEROOM N OTICES Any saleroom notices pertaining to this auction are automatically posted at the head of the InterNews section on the medal part of the DNW website, www.dixnoonanwebb.com or www.dnw.co.uk . Prospective bidders are strongly urged to consult this facility before sending bids or bidding online . B UYERS ’ P REMIUM Please note that the buyers’ premium in this sale is 20% (plus VAT if resident in, or lots are delivered within, the European Union ). C ATALOGUE I LLUSTRATIONS AND THE I NTERNET Prospective bidders are reminded that the DNW website carries enhanced high-resolution enlarged colour illustrations of all the items illustrated in this catalogue, plus many that are not depicted herein. B IDDING IN DNW A UCTIONS We are pleased to accept bids for items in this auction by several methods, apart from the live internet facility detailed above. A commission form is enclosed with this catalogue for your convenience; this should be completed and mailed to us so that we receive it by the day before the auction. Bids can also be faxed on this form to +44 (20) 7016 1799 up to 18:00 on the day prior to the auction. If you are an established DNW client you may bid by email to [email protected] (we strongly advise that you request email confirmation that your bids have been received before the start of the auction ); or you may telephone your bids to us up to 18:00 on the day prior to the auction. Alternatively you may bid directly via the Members’ Enclosure on the DNW website until 08:00 on the day of the auction. Bids placed electronically after that time will not be recognised . P RICES R EALISED The hammer prices bid at the auction are posted on the Internet at www.dnw.co.uk in real time. A full list of prices realised can be viewed and printed from our website on the auction day. Telephone enquiries are welcome from 09:00 the day following the auction. FOREWORD More years ago than I care to remember, I needed to make a visit to Khartoum on business. When flying over the vast waterless deserts of the Sudan, I began to realise what a formidable task it must have been for Victorian soldiers to have even traversed this awe inspiring country; let alone fight battles for it, build railways over it and to eventually govern it – especially as they did not want it in the first place! I determined that on my return home I would learn more about the history of the British presence here. The more I read of its fascinating yet bloody history, the more I became hooked. I did not at that time have any particular interest in the Sudan wars, but that was soon to change, and from that time on I specialised in medals awarded to those who took part in the reconquest and pacification of this fascinating country, the largest in Africa. I subsequently visited the Sudan a number of times, both for business and pleasure, each visit re- enforcing both my interest of and love for it. I was fortunate to make good friends, both British and Sudanese, to visit homes and historical sites, to take tea with the grandsons of both the Mahdi and the Khalifa, and even buy one or two medals in the Omdurman souk. During my travels I 'relocated' the remains of Kitchener's riverine gunboat Melik (King) beached near Khartoum and, having sparked the enthusiasm of some good friends, we founded the 'Melik Society', which is dedicated to restoring the gunboat to its former glory. One day we may even be successful. On the Melik During my visits I met all types of Sudanese, from swarthy Arabs in Dongola to the blue-black Nuer people from the equatorial south. They were all unfailingly friendly and treated me with kindness and courtesy wherever I went. They had no rancour over past events and seemed rather proud of the fact that Gordon Pasha, Lord Kitchener and Winston Churchill served in the Sudan. In fact, there seemed a sort of nostalgia for the time that the British administered the country with what is still felt as fairness and honesty. The Sudanese of course also remember with pride the names of the great fighting Emirs of the Mahdiya, men such as Osman Digna, Wad el Nejumi, Osman Azrak and Mahmud. One day, when exploring Omdurman, I came across a rather smart-looking elderly gentleman standing on a street corner, and as our eyes met, for some reason I said in English "Sudan Defence Force", he immediately snapped to attention, saying "Bash Shawish Mohammed…Effendi Sah", as he saluted. I spent quite some time talking of past times to this wonderful old sergeant-major, who saw no contradiction in the fact that his grandfather fought against the British at the Battle of Karerri (Omdurman) and that he had himself later fought with the British. It is indeed hard not to like the Sudanese. The period of the reconquest and pacification is a very fertile area for research. The officers and men involved were becoming better educated than their predecessors, and a surprising number left accounts of their time in the Sudan, which are deposited in archives all over the UK. There is, as one would expect, a treasure trove of records in the Khartoum Record Office and, whereas access to this particular archive is difficult though not impossible, there are quite comprehensive records held in the Sudan Archive at Durham University and the National Archives at Kew. The medal groups in this collection are, in the majority, those awarded to officers of the British army who were seconded to the Egyptian army (EA) and come from a wide variety of regiments.
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