Auction Catalogue

25 & 26 March 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 838

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26 March 2014

Hammer Price:
£5,000

Military General Service 1793-1814, 10 clasps, Corunna, Albuhera, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (Thos. Parry, 23rd Foot) scratching in fields, otherwise very fine £2800-3200

Thomas Parry was born at Llandwrnog, Denbighshire, and attested for the 23rd Foot on 17 August 1807, aged 24. He was discharged on 30 October 1814, and later received a pension for ‘Bayonet and other wounds’ (WO 116/61).