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Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Egypt, Martinique, Guadaloupe (John Elliott,...
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Only 10 medals issued to the 90th Foot with these three clasps, none to officers.
John Elliott was born in the Parish of Southoverton, Hinkley, Leicestershire, and was enlisted into the 90th Foot on 10 March 1794, aged 22 years, a stocking maker by trade. He served 21 years 356 days and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant at Birr, Ireland, on 31 January 1816, ‘being Old and Worn Out’; ‘during the long period he has been in the 90th Regt. has conducted himself as a steady, well disposed Non-Comd. Officer.’ He served 9 years 99 days in the West Indies, 4 years 174 days as a Private, 8 years as Corporal, 9 years 182 days as a Sergeant, and was admitted to an out-pension at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, on 23 February 1816.
Sold with copied discharge papers and an unrelated British War Medal 1914-18 (517 A. Bmbr. A. E. Gee. R.A.).
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Only 10 medals issued to the 90th Foot with these three clasps, none to officers.
John Elliott was born in the Parish of Southoverton, Hinkley, Leicestershire, and was enlisted into the 90th Foot on 10 March 1794, aged 22 years, a stocking maker by trade. He served 21 years 356 days and was discharged in the rank of Sergeant at Birr, Ireland, on 31 January 1816, ‘being Old and Worn Out’; ‘during the long period he has been in the 90th Regt. has conducted himself as a steady, well disposed Non-Comd. Officer.’ He served 9 years 99 days in the West Indies, 4 years 174 days as a Private, 8 years as Corporal, 9 years 182 days as a Sergeant, and was admitted to an out-pension at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, on 23 February 1816.
Sold with copied discharge papers and an unrelated British War Medal 1914-18 (517 A. Bmbr. A. E. Gee. R.A.).
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