Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vittoria, Nivelle, Orthes, Toulouse (William Hennessey, 18th Hussars.) light edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £1600-1800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Orders, Decorations and Medals formed by the late Fred Rockwood.

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William Hennessey, by trade a Butcher, from Goran, Kilkenny, was discharged from the Army and admitted on to the Chelsea Hospital pension list on 22 September 1814, having ‘Lost an eye from cold on duty in France in February 1814’. He was then aged 33.