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Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz,...
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (H. Marshall, Serjt. 43rd Foot.) left-hand side of lowest clasp facing sprung and with old solder repair, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. Henry Marshall was born at Otley, Leeds, and enlisted into the 43rd Foot at Faversham on 28 November 1807, aged 24 years. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1814, to Sergeant in November 1815, and to Colour-Sergeant in June 1827. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Portugal and Spain from August 1808 to January 1809, and subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion for the remainder of his service in the Peninsula, being wounded at Bayonne in 1814. He later served one year six months with the Army of Occupation in France, and three years at Gibraltar. He was discharged at Devonport on 1 September 1830, with a total service of 22 years 281 days. He went on to the Chelsea Hospital out-pension list on 8 September 1830, residing at Leeds, and died on 23 April 1852. Sold with research notes provided by the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum.
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 9 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (H. Marshall, Serjt. 43rd Foot.) left-hand side of lowest clasp facing sprung and with old solder repair, light edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise good very fine £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, November 2015. Henry Marshall was born at Otley, Leeds, and enlisted into the 43rd Foot at Faversham on 28 November 1807, aged 24 years. He was promoted to Corporal in December 1814, to Sergeant in November 1815, and to Colour-Sergeant in June 1827. He served with the 2nd Battalion in Portugal and Spain from August 1808 to January 1809, and subsequently transferred to the 1st Battalion for the remainder of his service in the Peninsula, being wounded at Bayonne in 1814. He later served one year six months with the Army of Occupation in France, and three years at Gibraltar. He was discharged at Devonport on 1 September 1830, with a total service of 22 years 281 days. He went on to the Chelsea Hospital out-pension list on 8 September 1830, residing at Leeds, and died on 23 April 1852. Sold with research notes provided by the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum.
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