Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Talavera, Busaco, Albuhera (George Taylor, 29th Foot) very fine £1200-1500

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

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George Taylor was born at Blackburn, Lancashire, circa 1785, and enlisted into the 29th Foot about April 1803, aged 18 years. He was wounded and lost his left leg at Albuhera and was consequently discharged to out-pension on 6 August 1812. He was living at Ashton, in the Manchester District, when he died on 28 January 1860, aged 76 years.