Auction Catalogue

19 September 2003

Starting at 11:00 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

№ 705

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19 September 2003

Hammer Price:
£1,200

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Sahagun & Benevente (William Bates, 7th Light Dragoons) nearly extremely fine £700-900

William Bates, a Labourer from Portsmouth, enlisted into the 7th Light Dragoons circa 1803. He served for a total of 11 years and was discharged to pension on 30 August 1814, aged 34 years, in consequence of being ‘subject to fits and bad health since 1812.’