A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals

John Tallis, 4th Foot

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Corunna (John Tallis, 4th Foot.) nearly very fine £700-900

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Napoleonic War Medals.

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Provenance: Glendining, May 1937.

John Tallis was born in the Parish of ‘Sully Hill’ [Solihull], Warwickshire, and enlisted into the 4th Foot at the age of 18 on 7 June 1804. He was transferred to the 8th Regiment of Royal Veterans on 24 March 1814, and was discharged at Fort Cumberland on 4 July 1814, in consequence of ‘hernia and His Majesty having no further occasion for his services.’