Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore

Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Salamanca (John Dennis, 11th. Foot.) nearly extremely fine £1,000-£1,400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Medals from the Collection of Peter and Dee Helmore.

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Brigadier-General G. L. Palmer Collection, Glendining’s, June 1919.

A total of 279 Military General Service Medal awarded to the 11th Foot, 62 of which (22%) are recorded as extant.

John Dennis was born in Stogursey, Somerset in 1783. An Agricultural Labourer by occupation, he volunteered for the 11th Regiment of Foot from the Somerset Militia on 7 October 1807 for 7 years’ service. He embarked on H.M.S. Centaur at Plymouth on 29 November 1807 bound for Madeira. Landing in Portugal on 3 August 1809 he was in Captain Barker’s No. 6 Company in action at Salamanca on 22 July 1812 where he received a gunshot wound to his right shoulder. Admitted to Pension on 10 August 1813 in consequence of wounds received at Salamanca after 5 years and 319 days’ service, he was granted a pension of 6d per day for life.

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