Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Busaco, Salamanca, Pyrenees (Patrick Farrall, 11th. Foot.) edge bruising, top clasp slightly bent, good very fine £800-£1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Gaskell Collection, Glendining’s, 1911; Baldwins 1948 and 1950.

279 Military General Service Medals in total issued in 1847 to the 11th Foot, 62 of which (22%) are recorded as extant to the Regiment.

Patrick Farrall, was born in St Mary, Dublin c.1789. A Tailor by occupation, he attested for the 11th Regiment of Foot on 17 January 1808 and received a gunshot wound in the right leg at Pampeluna on 28 July 1813. Admitted for Pension ‘in consequence of wounds’ on 18 September 1814, after 6 years and 125 days’ service, he was granted a pension of 6d per day for life. He is recorded in both the 1851 and 1861 Census as residing in Wolfe Street, Liverpool.

Sold with copied research.