Lot Archive

Lot

№ 24

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21 September 2001

Hammer Price:
£520

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Salamanca, Orthes (John Bywater, 32nd Foot) two edge bruises, otherwise very fine £500-600

John Bywater, from Norwich, attested at Falmouth in 1806, aged 23 years, a silk weaver by trade. He served in the Peninsula in Captain Purcell’s company.