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Auction: 18001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 63

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Egypt (J. Ellis, Troop Qr. Mr., 22nd Lt. Dragns.), suspension claw re-affixed, very fine

John Ellis enlisted in the 22nd Light Dragoons in March 1794 and was advanced to Sergeant in April 1796. He subsequently served in Captain Sinclair's Troop in the Egypt operations of March-September 1801, in which period he was appointed Troop Quarter-Master. Placed on half-pay as a Quarter-Master, the Register of Services of Officers (T.N.A. WO 25/757) states that he was 'desirous to serve in any situation His Majesty may think proper'. Ellis settled in Exeter, Devon, where he was married in July 1811; sold with copied muster details and research.

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£950