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Army of India 1799-1826, 1 clasp, Nepaul (J. Gardiner, 24th Foot.) short hyphen reverse, officially impressed naming, good very fine £1,200-£1,600

Joseph Gardiner was born in the Parish of Campden, Gloucestershire, and enlisted into the 24th Foot at Colchester, Essex, on 5 December 1805, aged 18, for unlimited service. He served in the East Indies from 3 December 1820 to 11 July 1823, and was discharged on 29 September 1823, in consequence of chronic hepatitis, the effect of the climate in India. Conduct very good.

Sold with copied discharge papers.