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Military General Service 1793-1814, 2 clasps, Roleia, Vimiera (Charles Harrison, 38th Foot.) nearly very fine £1,000-£1,400

Charles Harrison was born in the Parish of Stoke, near Newcastle-under-Lime, Staffordshire, and was a potter by trade when he enlisted into the 38th Foot on 25 August 1807. He transferred to the 85th Foot, or King’s Light Infantry, at Brabourn Lees, Kent, on 17 August 1810. He was discharged at Malta on 16 August 1826, in consequence of ‘loss of vision of both eyes arising from the irritation of a smoky kitchen when orderly cook for his company in March last January & most violent attack of opthalmia in Malta.’