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Military General Service 1793-1814, 5 clasps, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (A. Henderson, R. Arty.) carriage a little bent between first two clasps, small edge bruise, otherwise dark toned, very fine and better £1,200-£1,500

Alexander Henderson was born in Perthshire and attested for the Royal Artillery on 25 September 1803. He served his entire service as a gunner and was discharged on 31 May 1819. Muster rolls for Henderson’s service for the Peninsula war between January 1811 and December 1814 show that he joined the Royal Artillery on 25 September 1803, and that he served in Captain Stone’s Company of 9th Battalion. This Company was taken over by Captain Michell on 23 January 1813, but for much of this time, under both Captains Stone and Michell, it was commanded by the second in command, Second Captain Parker. The Company arrived in the Peninsula on 14 March 1812, and Henderson was with the Company throughout, except July to December 1813, where he is noted as being paid at Headquarters, and January until April 1814 when ‘On Command’. The original medal roll shows that claims for Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz were disallowed. Sold with discharge papers and muster details copied to CD.