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№ 671

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18 June 2020

Hammer Price:
£900

Army L.S. & G.C., W.IV.R. (William Hill, 91st Regiment Foot. 1833.) fitted with original steel clip and rectangular bar suspension, edge bruise, otherwise very fine £600-£700

William Hill was born in Kendal, Cumberland, and enlisted into the 91st Foot at Portseaton [Port Seton], Midlothian, on 10 May 1811, aged 24, a blacksmith by trade. He served in Captain D. Campbell’s Light Company at Waterloo, remaining in France for the following three years, and afterwards served in Jamaica, West Indies, from March 1822 to October 1826. He was discharged ‘worn out from the effects of service and climate’ on 29 April 1833, after 26 years 104 days service. He was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal in the same year. Sold with copied discharge papers.