Thomas Kealey, 23rd Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Toulouse (T..s. .....y, 23rd Foot.) the only medal with this clasp combination was awarded to Thomas Kealey, naming mostly erased, first carriage a little distorted, therefore fine £500-600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: Glendining, May 1970, ‘Medals to the 23rd (Royal Welch Fusiliers)’.

Thomas Kealey (spelled variously as Keily, Keeley, Kealy, Keally and Kelly) was born at Pulgrave, Suffolk, and attested at Beccles on 14 February 1809, aged 21 years. He served in the Peninsula with the 1st Battalion from 14 July 1811. He served in No. 7 Company at Waterloo, where he was wounded in action. He was discharged on 24 September 1816, and admitted to an out-pension of 6d per diem on 2 July 1816. He was resident at Newcastle and died on 20 April 1856. Sold with muster details and other research.