Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant W. Simms, 7th Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (William Simms, Serjt. 7th. Foot); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 1st issue (Sergt. William Simms. 7th. Foot. 1836) engraved naming, repairs to clasp and carriage on first, the original steel clip replaced with post-1873 claw and straight bar suspension on second, edge bruises and polishing, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £800-1200

Provenance: William G. Chereos Collection of Medals relating to the American War of 1812, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2004.

William Simms was born at Alton, Hampshire, and attested for the 7th Foot at Rye, Sussex, on 2 May 1811, aged 24 years. He was discharged on 18 May 1836, in consequence of chronic rheumatism, having served 24 years, as a Corporal from December 1825 and as a Sergeant from April 1826. He ‘served in Portugal and Spain three years & a half, was present in America at the battle of New Orleans, in France with the Army of occupation three years & a half, in the Mediterranean four years & a half, remainder at home.’