Orders, Decorations and Medals

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (James Parker, 96th Foot) possibly reconstituted from a disc, heavily worn but rare £300-400

Only 19 medals to the 96th Foot, originally formed as the 2nd Battalion, 52nd Foot, in 1799 and redesignated in 1803.

James Parker was born at Gisborn, Yorkshire, and enlisted into the 52nd Foot on 17 July 1799, aged 27. He transferred to the redesignated 96th Foot on 25 December 1802, and served in that regiment until discharged ‘worn out’ on 24 September 1816. 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.