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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 8

(x) Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Toulouse (R. T. Fawcett, Lieut. 3rd Light Dragoons), initials neatly corrected, minor edge knock around surname, good very fine

Provenance:
Ex-Major R.C. McDuell Collection, July 2004.

Richard Twistleton Fawcett was commissioned Cornet in the 3rd Light Dragoons on 14 March 1812 and promoted Lieutenant on 7 April 1813. Participating in the Peninsula campaign from June of that year through to the Battle of Toulouse and the conclusion of the war (April 1814), he was then placed on half-pay.

On 11 November 1825 Fawcett was promoted Captain in the 2nd Dragoons (London Gazette 12 November 1825, refers) and later retired in February 1838.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600