Orders, Decorations and Medals

Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Barrosa, Ciudad Rodrigo, Salamanca, Vittoria (M. Spratling, 3rd Foot Guards) together with a Daguerrotype portrait of the recipient in old age wearing his medal, this in poor condition, the medal very fine £1400-1600

Mark Spratling is recorded in the Pay Lists and Muster Rolls as serving from 1811 to 1814. From 1812 he served in Captain Francis Home’s company. He was later a railway signalman and died at 18 Cranbrook Street, Bethnal Green, on 8 January 1861, aged 69.