Pair: Petty Officer First Class W. H. Hodges, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated...

Pair: Petty Officer First Class W. H. Hodges, Royal Navy Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 4 clasps, Alexandria 11th July, Suakin 1884, El-Teb_Tamaai, Suakin 1885, unofficial rivets between second and third clasps (W. H. Hodges. A.B. H.M.S. “Inflexible.”); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, edge bruising and contact marks, nearly very fine and a rare clasp combination (2) £1,200-£1,600 --- One of only 11 Suakin 1884 clasps and one of only 12 El-Teb_Tamaai clasps awarded to H.M.S. Sphinx. William Henry Hodges was born at Rowland’s Castle, Hampshire, on 27 April 1860 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 4 June 1875. Promoted Able Seaman on 25 August 1880, he served in H.M.S. Inflexible from 5 July 1881 to 9 July 1883, seeing active service in this ship during the Egyptian campaign of 1882, including the bombardment of Alexandria on 11 July, and was promoted Leading Seaman on 9 June 1883. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Sphinx from 10 October 1883 to 18 March 1887, was promoted Petty Officer First Class on 24 March 1884, and saw further active service in this ship during the Sudanese campaigns of 1884 and 1885, including the actions at both El Teb on 29 February and at Tamaai on 13 March 1884. He was invalided out of the service on 6 May 1889. Sold with copied service record and medal roll extracts.