Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Martinique (John Carson, 8th Foot) very fine £800-1000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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John Carson was born circa 1786, and enlisted into the 8th Foot in March 1798. He sailed with the regiment to North America in January 1808, and in the following year took part in capture of Martinique, where he was wounded in the right leg, probably in the action on the heights of Surirey on 2 February 1809. Carson sailed with his battalion to Halifax, Nova Scotia, in April 1809, and for the next three years was stationed at Halifax, Quebec and Montreal. He is shown as being present on all musters during the War of 1812, when the 8th Foot wee involved in many actions. He suffered an injury of the shoulder at Fort Erie, when the regiment formed part of the force besieging the Americans there during August and September 1814. Carson was discharged on 24 January 1815, having completed his first term of limited engagement.He was granted an out-pension at Chelsea Hospital on 24 March 1857, in respect of his ‘injury of shoulder at Fort Erie N. America and wounded right leg at Martinique.’ John Carson died of ‘suffocation in a cess pool’ on 26 March 1858, aged 72 years. Sold with full research.