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Military General Service 1793-1814, 8 clasps, Busaco, Albuhera, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes, Toulouse (Jas. Scott, 27th. Foot.) suspension claw re-affixed, edge bruising, cleaned, very fine £2,400-£2,800

James Scott was born in Kells, Co. Meath, on 22 October 1792 and attested for the 27th Regiment of Foot at Inniskillin on 22 October 1807, aged 15. He served with the Regiment as a Drummer in the Peninsula, and was wounded in the right thigh at Badajoz. He was discharged on 24 May 1817, after 6 years and 215 days’ man’s service, of which three years were in the rank of Sergeant.

Sold with copied discharge papers.