THE VICTORIA CROSS AWARDED TO MAJOR WILLIAM EDWARDS, HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY, HAS BEEN ACQUIRED PRIVATELY BY THE LORD ASHCROFT VC COLLECTION
29 September 2023


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Medal entitlement of Major William Mordaunt Edwards,
2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry

  • Victoria Cross
  • King Edward VII Coronation Medal ( 1902 )
  • King George V Coronation Medal ( 1911 )
  • Egypt Medal ( 1882 - 1889 )
    • 1 clasp:
    • "Tel el Kebir"
  • Khedive's Star ( 1882 ) Egypt


The Victoria Cross and Egypt campaign medal awarded to Major William Edwards, 2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry, has been acquired privately by the Lord Ashcroft VC Collection. The VC group will go on display at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery in the Imperial War Museum, London.


For the award of the Victoria Cross

[ London Gazette, 13 February 1883 ], Arab Pasha Rebellion, Egypt, 13 September 1882, Lieutenant William Mordaunt Edwards, 2nd Bn, Highland Light Infantry.

For the conspicuous bravery displayed by him during the battle of Tel-el-Kebir, on the 13th September 1882, in leading a party of the Highland Light Infantry to storm a redoubt.

Lieutenant Edwards ( who was in advance of his party ) with great gallantry rushed alone into the battery, killed the Artillery Officer in charge, and was himself knocked down by a gunner with a rammer, and only rescued by the timely arrival of three men of his Regiment

William Edwards was invested with his Victoria Cross by Queen Victoria at Windsor Castle on the 24th February 1883.

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Iain Stewart, 29 September 2023