Five medal to Corporal Philip Joseph Corbyn

Five medal to Corporal Philip Joseph Corbyn, Royal Sussex Regiment, Machine Gun Corps and Home Guard: 1914-15 Star (1939 PTE. P.J. CORBYN. R. SUSS. R.); British War and Victory Medals (1939 A. CPL. P.J. CORBYN. R. SUSS. R.); Khedive's Sudan Medal 1910-22, no clasp present but entitlement to Darfur 1916 confirmed on roll (1939 PTE P.J. CORBYN. 1-4 R. SUSS R.); Defence Medal; mounted for wearing, good very fine, Khedive's Sudan nearly extremely fine and attractively toned; together with a 1935 Jubilee commemorative medal, edge inscribed ARUNDEL BRITISH LEGION. P.J. CORBYN.', in box; and a collection of this man's insignia, photographs and documents.

Wasting little time upon the outbreak of war, this man joined 1/4 Battalion Royal Sussex Regiment at Horsham on the18th August 1914, having previously served with the regiment in peacetime. He landed with his battalion at Suvla Bay 8th/9th August 1915. A bayonet wound to the hand was soon followed by a gunshot wound to the neck, resulting in evacuation to England via Mudros on the HMHS Aquitania. He rejoined his unit in Egypt in February 1916. In May of that year he joined the scratch force that invaded Darfur in response to hostile preparations by the Sultan Ali Dinar, where he fought as one of three men from his regiment (Ref. BBM). He transferred to 130th Company Machine Gun Corps at the Suez Canal Defences in July 1916. He gave further service with the 6th Sussex (Arundel) Battalion of the Home Guard between June 1940 and December 1944.