Military General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Martinique (James Runham, Serjt. 63rd Foot) very fine £600-700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Medals formed by the late John Darwent.

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James Runham enlisted into the 63rd Foot on 25 October 1807 and joined No. 10 Company at Barbados in November 1808. He was promoted to Corporal in January 1812, and to Schoolmaster Sergeant in March 1813, still serving in the West Indies at Grenada and St Kitts. In January 1817, he was demoted to Private and awarded 21 days solitary confinement. Later that year the battalion moved to Barbados and he was appointed as Paymaster’s Clerk in November. He returned to the United Kingdom in 1819, serving overseas once again, in Portugal, from 1826 to 1828. He was promoted to Sergeant in October 1828 and pensioned on 13 January 1830. James Runham died at Chesterton, Cambridge, on 31 July 1869, aged 86 years. Sold with research.