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Four: Company Sergeant Major A. T. Parker, Royal Horse Artillery, later 1st Cinque Ports...
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Four: Company Sergeant Major A. T. Parker, Royal Horse Artillery, later 1st Cinque Ports Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (13--2 Corpl. A. T. Parker ---- -A.) naming worn; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (C.S. Mjr. A. T. Parker. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (13752. Cy. S. Maj: A. T. Parker. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, the Victorian medals fine, the MSM with edge bruise but otherwise good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Alfred Thomas Parker was born in Devonport in 1857 and attested for the Royal Artillery aged 14 years and 1 month on 25 February 1871. Passing a short course of Gunnery in December 1875, he qualified as Detachment Schoolmaster on 15 April 1879 and was awarded his First Class Certificate of Education. Posted to Egypt on 3 August 1882, Parker fought during the Second Anglo-Egyptian War with “A” Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Transferred to “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, he is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Egypt and Sudan Medal, clasp Tel el Kebir, and Khedive’s Star. Awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal without gratuity in 1894, Parker subsequently served in the 1890’s with the Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, later part of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Discharged at Dover from the 1st Cinque Ports R.G.A. on 1 April 1903, his intended place of residence was noted as ‘Sunnycroft, Wembrook Road, Margate.’
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Four: Company Sergeant Major A. T. Parker, Royal Horse Artillery, later 1st Cinque Ports Royal Garrison Artillery (Volunteers) Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (13--2 Corpl. A. T. Parker ---- -A.) naming worn; Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 2nd issue with fixed suspension (C.S. Mjr. A. T. Parker. R.A.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (13752. Cy. S. Maj: A. T. Parker. R.A.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed as issued, the Victorian medals fine, the MSM with edge bruise but otherwise good very fine (4) £300-£400 --- Alfred Thomas Parker was born in Devonport in 1857 and attested for the Royal Artillery aged 14 years and 1 month on 25 February 1871. Passing a short course of Gunnery in December 1875, he qualified as Detachment Schoolmaster on 15 April 1879 and was awarded his First Class Certificate of Education. Posted to Egypt on 3 August 1882, Parker fought during the Second Anglo-Egyptian War with “A” Battery, 1st Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery. Transferred to “G” Battery, “B” Brigade, Royal Horse Artillery, he is confirmed on the roll as entitled to the Egypt and Sudan Medal, clasp Tel el Kebir, and Khedive’s Star. Awarded the L.S.G.C. Medal without gratuity in 1894, Parker subsequently served in the 1890’s with the Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers, later part of the Royal Garrison Artillery. Discharged at Dover from the 1st Cinque Ports R.G.A. on 1 April 1903, his intended place of residence was noted as ‘Sunnycroft, Wembrook Road, Margate.’
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