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Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (James Parker, 96th Foot) possibly...
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007.
Only 19 Military General Service Medals awarded to the 96th Regiment of Foot, all with the single clasp Guadaloupe.
James Parker was born at Gisborn, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 52nd Foot on 17 July 1799, aged 27. He transferred to the re-designated 96th Foot on 25 December 1802, and served in that regiment until discharged ‘worn out’ on 24 September 1816 to become a Chelsea Out Pensioner. His papers state that he was ‘entitled to Prize Money for the Capture of St Croix and St Thomas in 1807 [Danish islands in the Carribean] and Guadaloupe in 1810’.
Sold with copy discharge papers and other research.
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Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2007.
Only 19 Military General Service Medals awarded to the 96th Regiment of Foot, all with the single clasp Guadaloupe.
James Parker was born at Gisborn, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 52nd Foot on 17 July 1799, aged 27. He transferred to the re-designated 96th Foot on 25 December 1802, and served in that regiment until discharged ‘worn out’ on 24 September 1816 to become a Chelsea Out Pensioner. His papers state that he was ‘entitled to Prize Money for the Capture of St Croix and St Thomas in 1807 [Danish islands in the Carribean] and Guadaloupe in 1810’.
Sold with copy discharge papers and other research.
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