77th Foot Medal 1818, silver, obverse: ‘77’ with Prince of Wales’s plume above and ‘Peninsula’ on branches of laurel below; reverse: engraved ‘El, bodon’, edge engraved in upright capitals (Corporal William Crawford) fitted with steel clip and ring suspension, reverse with brooch marks, therefore good fine £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Jack Webb Collection of Medals and Militaria.

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Provenance: Glendining’s, September 1993 (part of Lot 483).

Referenced in Balmer, R479c.

William Crawford was born in Lanark and was enrolled in the Lanark Militia from 2 January 1808 until 12 May 1808, when he was discharged having found a substitute. He joined the 77th Foot in August 1808, becoming a Corporal later that year and a Sergeant in 1810, reduced to Private the following year. The muster rolls show ‘Prisoned of French 26 September 1811’ (El Bodon), and ‘Returned from French prison 11 May 1814. Sick in Regimental Hospital,’ Crawford served with the 77th regiment in Jamaica and on 6 January 1825, transferred to the 2nd West India Regiment, to duty as Company Sergeant-Major, but in later musters he is shown as having died on 21 October 1825. Sold with copies of all relevant muster rolls.