Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Martinique (Benjn. Morgan, 8th. Foot.) edge bruise, about good very fine £800-£1,200

Provenance: Spink, 1954.

Approximately 113 ‘Martinique’ clasps awarded to the 8th Regiment.

Benjamin Morgan was born in Birmingham in 1774 and attested for the 8th Regiment of Foot at Horsham, Sussex, on 25 November 1803. He served with the Regiment in North America from January 1808 to June 1815, and took part in the capture of Martinique, the Defence of York Town, and the Battle of Niagara. He was discharged, ‘worn out’, on 10 January 1816, after 12 years and 47 days’ service. He died on 12 December 1850.

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