The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera, Vittoria, Toulouse (John Gimber, 57th Foot.) very fine £1,800-£2,200

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

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John Gimble on medal roll but Gimber in muster lists and discharge papers (WO 97/1131, from Denton, Kent).

Muster roll for April-June 1811 shows:- ‘Regimental Hospital 5-9 April, 25 May-13 June, and 21 June; General Hospital 29-30 July.’ The hospital stay of 25 May-13 June may have been due to wounds received at Albuhera. The Muster rolls for June 1814 to April 1815 say ‘Sick in Peninsula’ then ‘to 13th Vet. Bn. 15 April 1815’ and afterwards to 7th Veteran Battalion which was disbanded on 24 July 1816, Gimble being shown as present to the end.