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Auction: 25002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 63

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Talavera, Busaco, Pyrenees, Toulouse (Richd. Jones, 53rd Foot.), a little polished, very fine

Provenance:
Sotheby's, March 1988.

Richard Jones was from St Strach, Shropshire (WO 97/665, refers) and shared in at least four general actions. With his unit he would have returned to Ireland, they were not required for the Waterloo campaign and were sent to Hilsea Barracks, Portsmouth.

They had the honour of forming the guard of the Emperor Napoleon when he was captured and taken back to England on the Bellorophon. The 53rd were to be sent on a two-year assignment to St Helena in order to keep their prisoner safe. They were relieved by the 66th Foot in July 1817, the unit moving onto India.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£600