United Kingdom - Group of two medals of a rider of the 21st - Lot 160

United Kingdom - Group of two medals of a rider of the 21st Lancers present at the Omdurman Charge, September 2, 1898: a Queen's Sudan Medal 1896-1898, created in 1899, in silver, award engraved on the edge ""3387 P'TE A HESLOP 21 / L / CRS""; a Khedives's Sudan Medal 1896-1908, in silver, ribbon with KHARTOUM bar, award engraved on the edge ""3387 Pte A. HESLOP. HESLOP. 21st Lcrs"". Attached is a later 21st Lancers badge featuring Queen Victoria's cipher, awarded to them following this battle. Very good to very good The 21st Lancer Regiment took part in the Mahdist War, where it heroically distinguished itself at the Battle of Omdurman on September 2, 1898. With around 400 cavalrymen, the regiment charged a group of Dervishes they thought to be a handful, but fell upon more than 2,000 men. The battle was brief, but of rare violence, with the cavalrymen fighting on foot one against five. Winston Churchill, then a young lieutenant detached from the 4th Hussars, took part in this charge, which has gone down in history as the last cavalry charge of the British army. Trooper A. Heslop charged as part of Squadron B of the 21st Lancers, which suffered the heaviest casualties, with 9 killed and 26 wounded. This squadron received the highest number of gallantry awards of the four squadrons present: three Victoria Crosses and three Distinguished Conduct Medals. Expert Jean-Christophe Palthey