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    'GRANDFATHER SERVED WITH CHURCHILL'

    Nov 15, 2022 2 minutes

    CELEBRATING YOUR DISCOVERIES

    One day in 1996, Jennifer Anderson's mother Edna produced a Khedive's Sudan Medal from her handbag. It had been awarded to Jennifer's grandfather.

    “Seeing the medal for the first time sparked my interest in family history,” Jennifer explains. “It marked Arthur George Randle's service in one of Britain's most famous campaigns.”

    On 2 September 1898, the Battle of Omdurman was raging near Khartoum in Sudan.

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