Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Sergeant John French, 4th Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, St. Sebastian (J. French, Serjt. 4th Foot.); Waterloo 1815 (John French, 1st Batt. 4th Reg. Foot.) name and ‘4th’ re-engraved, fitted with original steel clip but no ring, mounted on old frayed ribbons, edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800

John French was born in the Parish of Seven Oaks, Kent, and enlisted into the 4th Foot at Sunderland, county Durham, on 30 April 1809, aged 25, for unlimited service. He was discharged at Glasgow on 24 November 1828, in consequence of chronic rheumatism and broken constitution. His conduct was described as ‘Very Good & was in Six General Actions’. He received 2 years additional service for Waterloo and served in the East or West Indies from 5 April 1819 to 1 April 1826. Sold with copied discharge papers and additional muster details which show him as being in America at the time of the battle of Bladensburg and capture of New Orleans, 1814-15.