The Collection of Napoleonic War Medals formed by the late R.W. Gould, M.B.E.

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Guadaloupe (M. Mahon, Majr. Royal York Rangers) together with original Horse Guards forwarding letter addressed to ‘Major General Mathew Mahon, formerly of Roy. Yk. Rang.’, dark toned, extremely fine and scarce £2000-2500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Napoleonic War Medals formed by the late R.W. Gould, M.B.E..

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Matthew Mahon was appointed Ensign in the 16th Foot on 31 December 1789, aged 18 years. He became a Lieutenant in May 1891, a Captain in September 1795, and a Major in November 1805, when he exchanged to the half-pay. He returned to full-pay as a Major in the Royal York Rangers in August 1808, and served with that regiment in the West Indies, including the capture of Guadaloupe in 1810. Advanced to Lieutenant-Colonel in January 1812, he was placed on half-pay once more on his corps being disbanded in 1818. He became a Major-General in June 1838, and died at Brighton on 18 March 1851.