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Auction: 15002 - Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria
Lot: 190

Military General Service 1793-1814, one clasp, Corunna (David Whittan, 42nd. Foot), toned, extremely fine

Private David Whittan, born Dundee, February 1779; enlisted in the 2nd Battalion, Royal Highlanders, August 1803; transferred to the 1st Battalion, July 1806; served with the Regiment at the Battle of Corunna, 16.1.1809, and in the Walcheren Expedition in the Scheldt Estuary, to capture the French shipyards in the Netherlands; discharged, October 1810, on account of 'disabled left hand at Walcheren', after 7 years and 9 months with the Colours.

Provenance: Glendining, November 1939 and September 1948.

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