Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Martinique, Guadaloupe (J. Gannon, Corporal, Royal York Rangers) edge bruise, otherwise very fine £600-700

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

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Ex Harris collection 1984, but not found on medal roll.

Joseph Gannon was born in the Parish of St Pauls, Dublin, circa 1789, and enlisted into the Royal York Rangers on 3 April 1808. He re-enlisted as a Corporal in the same regiment at Grenada, West Indies, on 3 April 1814, and was finally discharged on 28 September 1819, on reduction of the regiment. He was admitted to Chelsea Hospital as an in-pensioner on 30 December 1845, and was certified insane in 1848. Sold with copy discharge and pension documents.