Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 copy clasp, Maida (Wm. Ashall, Serjt. Royal Arty.) brooch fittings removed from obverse, medal reconstituted with copy suspension and clasp, fine but scarce to regiment £400-£500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Simon C. Marriage Collection of Medals to the Artillery.

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Debenhams 1889; Dixon’s, November 2006.

Approximately 50 clasps issued to the Royal Artillery for Maida.

William Ashall was born in the Parish of Allercliff, near Sheffield, Yorkshire, and enlisted for the Royal Artillery at Sheffield for unlimited service on 14 February 1790, aged 18, a cutler by trade. He served in Captain Gamble’s Company, 6th Battalion R.A. which landed at Gibraltar in June 1805, and in the following year saw service in Malta, Cyprus and Sicily, taking part in the battle of Maida on 4 July 1806. He served 4 years 229 days as a Gunner, 5 years 152 days as a Corporal, and 19 years 244 days as a Sergeant, total 29 years 260 days. He was discharged at Woolwich on 18 October 1819, his conduct described as ‘Good’.

Sold with copied discharge papers.