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№ 70

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8 September 2015

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Hogbin, 5th Foot) slight damage to 3rd clasp, contact marks, nearly very fine £1200-1400

Ex D.N.W. 25 March 2013.

William Hogbin was born in Monkton, Kent. Served with the 5th Foot in the Peninsular War 1812-15. Discharged 27 December 1818 having paid the regiment the sum of £2. The 1851-71 Census record him living at St. John’s, Margate, Kent. With copied roll extracts.