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Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Salamanca (S. Lilley,...
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Samuel Lilley was born in the Parish of St Martins, Norwich, Norfolk, and enlisted for the 24th Foot at Ipswich, Suffolk, aged 23 years for limited service, a wool comber by trade. He served with the 24th in the Peninsula and afterwards in India, where he served from 19 March 1819 until 3 July 1823. He was discharged as a Sergeant on 31 October 1826, in consequence of ‘being worn out , with chronic rheumatism and long service in India, and was also wounded in the left knee at Badajos in Spain on the 4 Octr. 1812.’
Sold with copied discharge papers and M.G.S. medal roll entry.
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Samuel Lilley was born in the Parish of St Martins, Norwich, Norfolk, and enlisted for the 24th Foot at Ipswich, Suffolk, aged 23 years for limited service, a wool comber by trade. He served with the 24th in the Peninsula and afterwards in India, where he served from 19 March 1819 until 3 July 1823. He was discharged as a Sergeant on 31 October 1826, in consequence of ‘being worn out , with chronic rheumatism and long service in India, and was also wounded in the left knee at Badajos in Spain on the 4 Octr. 1812.’
Sold with copied discharge papers and M.G.S. medal roll entry.
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