Military General Service 1793-1814, 3 clasps, Vittoria, Pyrenees, Orthes (Thos. Valentine, 6th Foot) with ornate silver brooch bar, minor edge nicks, good very fine £1000-1200

Ex Glendining’s, April 1964; D.N.W., December 2006; Dixon, March 2007.

Thomas Valentine was born in Manchester, Lancashire. A Weaver by occupation, he enlisted into the 6th Regiment on 11 September 1807. His papers show that he served with the regiment 3 years, 9 months in (S) Spain, 10 months in (C) Canada and 2 years, 9 months in the (P) Peninsula or Portugal. He was discharged in Canada on 24 February 1815. Remaining in Canada, he joined the 70th Regiment in June 1816, serving with them for 1 year in Canada and 2 years 6 months in Portugal, being discharged in December 1819. Valentine then served in the 5th Royal Veterans Battalion from December 1819 until its disbandment in July 1821.

With copied discharge papers and roll extracts.