Auction Catalogue

29 November 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Orders, Decorations and Medals

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 19

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29 November 1996

Estimate: £500–£600

Military General Service 1793-1814, 6 clasps, Talavera, Badajoz, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (W. Clarke, Serjeant, 14th Light Dragoons) edge bruising, therefore nearly very fine

Walter Clarke was a labourer from Nettlebed, Berkshire, who enlisted in the 14th Light Dragoons on 17 May 1801. He was discharged to pension, as a Sergeant, on 29 February 1816, the Admission Book noting ‘Scrotal Hernia and Wounded through the body’. Sold with copies of various Muster Lists.