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Auction: 23003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 19

Military General Service 1793-1814, 11 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Fuentes D'Onor, Ciudad Rodrigo, Badajoz, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Nivelle, Nive, Toulouse (John Kirk, 88th Foot.) some edge bruising, otherwise very fine

Provenance:
Ex-Col. H. F. N. Jourdain Collection
Glendinings May 1920 & March 1959.

John Kirk, of Stockport in Cheshire, was born circa 1774 and enlisted with the 88th Regiment of Foot (Connaught Rangers) in 1805. Serving as a private in Captain Richard Bunworth's company, he spent 11 years 104 days with the unit and this time included all their famous Peninsular War battles which were to cement their reputation as a hard-fighting regiment. Discharged in July 1816 and still living in 1848 to claim his Military General Service Medal with 11 clasps, only three men of the 88th received this number and combination - of those three, two were corporals leaving Kirk the only Private Soldier and thus a unique award to the regiment.




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Sold for
£5,500

Starting price
£3200