Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Fuentes D’Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive (J. Freeth, Lieut. Royal Staff Corps) fitted with silver ribbon buckle, good very fine £1800-2200

14 medals to officers of the Royal Staff Corps, including one with 9 clasps, and two with 8 clasps.

James Freeth was appointed Ensign in the Royal Staff Corps on 25 December 1806; Lieutenant, 30 May 1809; Captain, 21 April 1814; Major, 21 January 1819; Lieutenant-Colonel, 11 July 1826; Colonel, 23 November 1841; Major-General, 11 November 1851; Colonel of the 65th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment, 13 August 1855; Lieutenant-General, 26 October 1858; General, 9 March 1865.

Lieutenant-General Freeth served in the Peninsula and France from May 1809 to January 1814, and was present at the following actions and sieges; Fuentes d’Onor, capture of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz, battles of Salamanca, Burgos, Vittoria, and Pyrenees, near Pampeluna, Nivelle, and Nive, for which he has received the War Medal with eight clasps. He was subsequently attached for many years to the Quarter-Master General’s Department at the Horse Guards, and was appointed a Knight of Hanover. General James Freeth, K.H., died in 1867.