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Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Vimiera (Thos. Hethrington, 43rd Foot.) minor...
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Vimiera (Thos. Hethrington, 43rd Foot.) minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and a scarce casualty £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, April 1964; Baldwin’s Auction, November 2001. One of 12 single clasp medals for Vimiera to the 43rd Foot. Thomas Hetherington was born in the Parish of Brompton in the county of Cumberland, and enlisted into the 43rd Light Infantry on 19 April 1808, aged 21, a weaver by trade. He served in the regiment for one year and 207 days, being discharged on 11 November 1809, in consequence of ‘wounds received at Vimiera in Portugal’. He afterwards served in the 3rd Veterans Battalion for one year three months before being admitted to Chelsea out-pension on 1 February 1810, at 6d per day, aged 24. His pension was increased to 9d per day in 1814 per Prince Regent’s Proclamation, and further increased to 1/- per day in 1862. He died at Brampton on 8 August 1868. Sold with copied research including discharge papers, Chelsea Pension register and regimental musters.
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Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Vimiera (Thos. Hethrington, 43rd Foot.) minor edge bruise, otherwise good very fine and a scarce casualty £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Glendining’s, April 1964; Baldwin’s Auction, November 2001. One of 12 single clasp medals for Vimiera to the 43rd Foot. Thomas Hetherington was born in the Parish of Brompton in the county of Cumberland, and enlisted into the 43rd Light Infantry on 19 April 1808, aged 21, a weaver by trade. He served in the regiment for one year and 207 days, being discharged on 11 November 1809, in consequence of ‘wounds received at Vimiera in Portugal’. He afterwards served in the 3rd Veterans Battalion for one year three months before being admitted to Chelsea out-pension on 1 February 1810, at 6d per day, aged 24. His pension was increased to 9d per day in 1814 per Prince Regent’s Proclamation, and further increased to 1/- per day in 1862. He died at Brampton on 8 August 1868. Sold with copied research including discharge papers, Chelsea Pension register and regimental musters.
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