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Auction: 13002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 80

A Superb M.G.S. to Major J. Boyd, 82nd Foot, Who Was Severely Wounded in the Pyrenees, 30.7.1813. His Clasp Combination is Believed To Be Unique To The British Army
Military General Service 1793-1814, six clasps, Roleia, Vimiera, Corunna, Barrosa, Vittoria, Pyrenees (John Boyd, Lieut. 82nd. Foot.), minor edge nick, extremely fine

Major John Boyd served with the 1st Battalion, 82nd Foot during the Peninsula Campaign; only the flank company's fought at the battle of Barrosa (4.3.1811), in which they suffered almost 50% casualties (99 men killed, wounded or missing); the Regiment suffered 31 casualties at Vittoria and 173 casualties in their actions in the Pyrenees; Boyd was severely wounded in action in the Pyrenees, 30.7.1813, and received a Temporary Pension of £70 per annum commencing the following year; Captain December 1813; Major 91st Foot, January 1837.

Provenance: Glendining, March 1927
Glendining, October 1952

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£9,500