Gordon Lorn Campbell Money was born in Calcutta on 14 Sep 1848. He was the son of William James Henry Money of the Bengal Civil Service, and Elizabeth Margaret Douglas Moffat. After Sandhurst he joined the 79th Cameron Highlanders, on 8 Feb1868. He was promoted to captain on 18 Aug 1880 and served in Egypt from 1884, first on the Nile Expedition, and then as Assistant Military Secretary to Lt-General Sir Frederick Stephenson. He took part in the operations in Sudan in 1885-86, receiving the DSO for his part in the Battle of Ginnis. He was promoted to major on 1 Feb 1884 and awarded a brevet of lieutenant-colonel on 1 Jan 1888. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel on 21 May 1894 commanding the 1st Battalion, Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. Lt-Col Money was promoted to full Colonel on 23 Jan 1895 and appointed ADC to the Queen, the first officer of the regiment to do so.
He led the regiment in Sudan in 1898, fighting Osman Digna’s Mahdists at Atbara on 8 April. At the battle of Omdurman Colonel Money had his horse shot from under him. His service in Sudan was rewarded with the CB. He relinquished command on 2 April 1899. He was promoted to brigadier-general and commanded troops in Ceylon, retiring in 1905.
He was married in 1893 to Ellin Ross and had two daughters, Eva and Muriel, and a son, Ronald. They lived in Eastbourne according to the 1821 census. He died on 16 November 1929 and was buried in Ocklynge Cemetery, Eastbourne. The photo shows him in the dress uniform of the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders when they were in Malta on the way home from Egypt. He has medals for service in Egypt and the DSO and the Order of Osmanieh 4th Class.
His final tally of medals sold by eMedals can be seen below, from the left:
The Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB),
Distinguished Service Order (DSO),
Egypt and Sudan medal with blue and white striped ribbon and clasp THE NILE 1884-85
Queen’s Sudan Medal 1896-98, the ribbon half yellow, half black with thin red stripe in the middle.
Jubilee medal 1897 with blue and white ribbon
Coronation medal 1902, showing the heads of the King and Queen, dark blue ribbon with white edges and red centre stripe.
Khedive’s Star 1884 with blue ribbon.
Khedive’s Sudan medal 1896-1908 with yellow ribbon and broad blue central stripe. Two clasps in English and Arabic for KHARTOUM and THE ATBARA.
Order of Osmanieh 4th Class, green ribbon, red edges.
