Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 7 clasps, Talavera, Fuentes D’Onor, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Toulouse (J. Smith, Serjeant, 14th. Light Dragoons.) edge bruising and small dig to obverse field, otherwise good very fine £2,000-£2,400

John Smith was born in Gloucester and attested for the 2nd Dragoon Guards on 16 February 1793, aged 25. He was promoted Corporal in May 1795, and Sergeant in November of that year, before transferring to the 14th Light Dragoons on 24 February 1799. He was discharged at Dundalk to Kilmainham Hospital on 26 February 1817, on reduction of the regiment, age and service, after 24 years’ service.

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