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Pair: Sergeant J. Kitson, North Staffordshire Regiment, Queen's Sudan (L. Cpl., 1/N. Staff. R.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Hafir (Lce. Cpl., 1 N. Staff. R.), first with minor contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2)

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Pair: Sergeant J. Kitson, North Staffordshire Regiment, Queen's Sudan (L. Cpl., 1/N. Staff. R.); Khedive's Sudan 1896-1908, one clasp, Hafir (Lce. Cpl., 1 N. Staff. R.), first with minor contact marks, nearly very fine and better (2)
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Sergeant John Kitson was born at Dudley, Staffordshire in 1874 and enlisted in the North Staffordshires in 1874. Advanced to Lance-Corporal in 1896 and to Corporal in the following year, he served with the 1st Battalion during the re-conquest of the Sudan. Following further service in the East Indies and India, and promotion to Sergeant in 1910, Kitson was discharged at his own request in the latter year.