Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore

Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes (H. Conelly, 11th Foot) edge bruising, slight contact marks, very fine £1,200-£1,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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A. L. T. Mullen Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, June 2006.

Approximately 279 Military General Service Medals awarded to the 11th Regiment of Foot, of which 62 (22%) are recorded as extant.

Henry Conelly was born in Magheralin, Dromore, Down in 1791. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for the 11th Regiment of Foot on 27 August 1809, and served with them in the Peninsula, being wounded through his left ankle in action at Salamanca on 22 July 1812. Admitted to Pension on 9 May 1832 on discharge after 22 years and 257 days’ service, he was granted a pension of 10d per diem for life. He died in Belfast on 20 July 1862.

Sold with copied discharge record from WO 97/323 together with Tony Mullen’s original notes.