A Peninsula War pair to Regimental Sergeant-Major William Boyde, 5th Dragoon Guards

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (W. Boyd, Serjeant Major, 5th Dragoon Guards); Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (W. Boyde, Reg. Serj. Major, 5th Dragoon Guards. 1837) fitted with contemporary silver bar suspension, both medals fitted with silver ribbon buckles, the last with edge bruising and contact wear, otherwise very fine, the first about good very fine (2) £1000-1200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Seabrook.

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William Boyde was born at Sligo, Ireland, on 24 April 1792, and enlisted for the 5th Dragoon Guards at Dublin on 25 April 1807, at the age of 15 years. He was promoted to Corporal in June 1819, to Sergeant in November 1823, and became Regimental Sergeant-Major on 25 August 1827. He was invalided in September 1836, and discharged on 12 October 1836, being ‘unfit for further service in consequence of a tumour over the right Ischium, which originated from a fall from his horse... at Edinburgh in 1836, on a Field Day. He served one year in the Peninsula, the remainder in Great Britain and Ireland, and was present at the battle of Toulouse.’