Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Edward Boyett, 14th Light Dragoons.) edge bruise and contact marks, otherwise toned, very fine £2000-2400

Edward Boyett was examined by the In-Pension Board on 23 June 1846, then aged 64. He had served 28 years 4 months and was placed on the Pension List at the rate of 1s 2d per day on 10 October 1832. Suffering from Rheumatism he stated that ‘he served 5 years in the Peninsula and was in several engagements.’ He was consequently admitted to an In-Pension at Chelsea Royal Hospital on 1 July 1846. He died on 7 May 1859. Sold with relevant copied entries from Chelsea registers.