Auction Catalogue

20 September 2002

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria to coincide with the OMRS Convention

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

Lot

№ 353

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20 September 2002

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Ciudad Rodrigo (J. Southerd, 40th Foot) very fine and a very scarce single clasp £800-1000

Jeremiah Southerd joined the 2nd Somerset Militia as a Private on 23 September 1803. On 25 September 1807 he volunteered to serve as a Private in the 2nd Battalion, 40th Foot. He transferred to the 1st Battalion and went with the regiment to the Peninsula in June 1811. He was present at Ciudad Rodrigo in January 1812, but from 8 March 1812 to May 1814 he is shown on the muster rolls as being sick. He was finally discharged at Neuilly on 17 May 1815.