The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Albuhera, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Toulouse (William Barkley, 57th Foot.) old repair to side of first clasp carriage and with replacement rivets, otherwise very fine £2,400-£2,800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: E. Morris Collection 1925, and illustrated in The Die-Hards quarterly magazine of November 1925.

Eight medals were issued with 7 clasps to the 57th Foot.

William Barkley was born in the Parish of Faversham, Kent, and enlisted into the 57th Foot at Trinidad, West Indies, on 25 December 1801, aged 12 years, and served in the West Indies until 16 March 1803. He was appointed to the Band in February 1806 and appointed Drummer on 24 September 1806, remaining in that rank until his discharge at Buttevant on 1 June 1823, in consequence of ‘Asthma contracted in the Peninsula and being worn out.’ He was admitted to an in-pension on 1 July 1859 and died on 20 November 1876. Sold with copied discharge papers.